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layout: post
title: "List Git branches and their remote tracking branches side by side"
date: 2014-07-18 21:46:45+00:00
tags: [git]
permalink: /blog/2014/7/18/list-git-branches-and-their-remote-tracking-branches-side-by-side
published: true
author:
name: Gergely Polonkai
email: gergely@polonkai.eu
---
I had a hard time following my own branches in a project. They got pretty
numerous, and I wasnt sure if I pushed them to origin at all.
`git branch -a` can list all the branches, including remote ones, but, as
my list grew too big, it was impossible to follow it any more.
Thus, I have created a small script called git-branches-with-remotes, which
does the work for me. Its only requirements are git (of course), and the
`column` command, which is pretty obviously present on every POSIX
compliant systems (even OSX).
{% gist gergelypolonkai/8af6a3e86b57dd4c250e %}
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I just put it in my path, and `git branches-with-remotes` does the work!
Edit (16 August): I have added some code to mark the current branch (if any)
with an asterisk. Also, I have put this script [in a
gist](https://gist.github.com/gergelypolonkai/8af6a3e86b57dd4c250e).
Edit (26 February, 2015): It turns out that `git branch -vv` shows the same
information and some more: it also shows if the branches are diverged, and the
first line of the last commits message.