Re: Show all branches and ahead/behind states

[Robert Dailey <rcdailey.lists@gmail.com>]

On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 12:29 PM, Dennis Kaarsemaker
<dennis@kaarsemaker.net> wrote:
> On do, 2015-05-14 at 12:18 -0500, Robert Dailey wrote:
>> On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 10:55 AM, Dennis Kaarsemaker
>> <dennis@kaarsemaker.net> wrote:
>> > On do, 2015-05-14 at 09:57 -0500, Robert Dailey wrote:
>> >> Is there a script or built-in functionality in git 2.4.1 that will
>> >> allow me to list all local branches with the ahead and behind status
>> >> of each? Basically the first line of:
>> >>
>> >> $ git status -sb
>> >>
>> >> But for every branch would be roughly what I'm looking for. Any ideas? Thanks.
>> >
>> > git branch -v (or -vv) is what you're after.
>> > --
>> > Dennis Kaarsemaker
>> > www.kaarsemaker.net
>> >
>>
>> Nice, I never noticed that -v showed ahead/behind status. Would be
>> nice if branch had a --format option to customize the coloring of the
>> "ahead" / "behind" text so that there was more contrast. It's a lot of
>> information to consume especially with a lot of local branches;
>> coloring would bring some sanity.
>
> Fortunately for you, git for-each-ref lets you do just this. For
> example, this gives you what branch -vv does, minus coloration and
> padding:
>
> git for-each-ref --format '%(HEAD) %(refname:short) %(upstream:short) %(upstream:track) %(subject)' refs/heads

Great idea. For some reason I can't apply coloring though:

for-each-ref --format '%(HEAD) %(refname:short) %C(bold
blue)%(upstream:track)%C(reset)' refs/heads

Output:

hotfix/4.2.3.1 %C(bold blue)[ahead 1, behind 1]%C(reset)