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---
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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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---
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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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{% highlight sh %}
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#! /bin/sh
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COLUMN=`which column 2> /dev/null`
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if test -z $COLUMN
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then
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echo "`column' is not found in PATH. Cannot continue."
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exit 1
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fi
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current_branch=`git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD`
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for branch in $(git for-each-ref --shell --format='%(refname)' refs/heads | sed -e s/^\'refs\\/heads\\///-e s/\'$//)
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do
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remote=`git config branch.$branch.remote`
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merge=`git config branch.$branch.merge | sed -e 's/^refs\/heads\///'`
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[ x"$current_branch" == x"$branch" ] && echo -n '*'
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echo -n "$branch"
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if ! test -z $merge
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then
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echo -en "\t"
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echo -n $remote
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echo -n /
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echo -n $merge
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fi
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echo
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done | $COLUMN -t
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{% endhighlight %}
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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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