Right now, when I type "git branch"
it lists my branches in an arbitrary order.
What I would prefer would be if "git branch" listed my output in a tree like fasion, somethign like:
master
|-- foo
|-- foo1
|-- foo2
|-- bar
|-- bar4
Where here, foo & bar were branched from master; foo1 & foo2 were branched from foo; bar4 was branched from bar.
Is this easy to accomplish?
[Command line utilities only. This needs to fit into my zsh/vim workflow.]
git show-branch --list comes close of what you are looking for (with the topo order)
--topo-order
By default, the branches and their commits are shown in reverse chronological order.
This option makes them appear in topological order (i.e., descendant commits are shown before their parents).
But the tool git wtf can help too. Example:
$ git wtf
Local branch: master
[ ] NOT in sync with remote (needs push)
- Add before-search hook, for shortcuts for custom search queries. [4430d1b] (edwardzyang@...; 7 days ago)
Remote branch: origin/master ([email protected]:sup/mainline.git)
[x] in sync with local
Feature branches:
{ } origin/release-0.8.1 is NOT merged in (1 commit ahead)
- bump to 0.8.1 [dab43fb] (wmorgan-sup@...; 2 days ago)
[ ] labels-before-subj is NOT merged in (1 commit ahead)
- put labels before subject in thread index view [790b64d] (marka@...; 4 weeks ago)
{x} origin/enclosed-message-display-tweaks merged in
(x) experiment merged in (only locally)
NOTE: working directory contains modified files
git-wtfshows you:
- How your branch relates to the remote repo, if it's a tracking branch.
- How your branch relates to non-feature ("version") branches, if it's a feature branch.
- How your branch relates to the feature branches, if it's a version branch