2014-06-26 16:48:13 +00:00
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layout: post
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title: "List Git branches and their remote tracking branches side by side"
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date: 2014-07-18 21:46:45+00:00
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tags: [git]
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permalink: /blog/2014/7/18/list-git-branches-and-their-remote-tracking-branches-side-by-side
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published: true
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author:
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name: Gergely Polonkai
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email: gergely@polonkai.eu
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I had a hard time following my own branches in a project. They got pretty
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numerous, and I wasn’t sure if I pushed them to origin at all.
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`git branch -a` can list all the branches, including remote ones, but, as
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my list grew too big, it was impossible to follow it any more.
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Thus, I have created a small script called git-branches-with-remotes, which
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does the work for me. Its only requirements are git (of course), and the
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`column` command, which is pretty obviously present on every POSIX
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compliant systems (even OSX).
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2015-04-27 09:00:04 +00:00
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{% gist gergelypolonkai/8af6a3e86b57dd4c250e %}
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2014-06-26 16:48:13 +00:00
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I just put it in my path, and `git branches-with-remotes` does the work!
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Edit (16 August): I have added some code to mark the current branch (if any)
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with an asterisk. Also, I have put this script [in a
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gist](https://gist.github.com/gergelypolonkai/8af6a3e86b57dd4c250e).
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Edit (26 February, 2015): It turns out that `git branch -vv` shows the same
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information and some more: it also shows if the branches are diverged, and the
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first line of the last commit’s message.
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