On May 16, 2010, at 06:36, Sverre Rabbelier wrote: > On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 04:14, Geert Bosch <bosch@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> What git seems to be missing is a "git info" command, which >> would print out essentially something like what "svn info" does: >> name of remote repo that we're tracking, name of current branch, >> date/author/subject of last commit. > > You can get information about the remote with: > > $ git remote -v geert-boschs-computer:/tmp%ssh kwai git init --bare /work/bosch/temp.git Initialized empty Git repository in /export/work/bosch/temp.git/ geert-boschs-computer:/tmp%git init temp Initialized empty Git repository in /private/tmp/temp/.git/ geert-boschs-computer:/tmp%cd temp geert-boschs-computer:/tmp/temp%echo hello>world geert-boschs-computer:/tmp/temp%git add world geert-boschs-computer:/tmp/temp%git commit -m "Add hello" world [master (root-commit) 10837b9] Add hello 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) create mode 100644 world geert-boschs-computer:/tmp/temp%git push --all kwai:/work/bosch/temp.git Counting objects: 3, done. Writing objects: 100% (3/3), 211 bytes, done. Total 3 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0) To kwai:/work/bosch/temp.git * [new branch] master -> master geert-boschs-computer:/tmp/temp%git push -u --all kwai:/work/bosch/temp.git Branch master set up to track remote branch master from kwai:/work/bosch/temp.git. Everything up-to-date geert-boschs-computer:/tmp/temp%git remote -v geert-boschs-computer:/tmp/temp%git push Everything up-to-date So, there is a remote that gets used automatically by git push and git pull, but it's not obvious which one. Basically, a "git info" command should give a dozen lines or so that allows one quickly to identify a repository, including current branch, any remote it tracks, last commit, wether the working directory is clean, wether anything is staged for commit, wether the repository tracks a non-git (svn, bzr, hg) repository. > > And then for the branch etc you can do (although it doesn't list the author): > > $ git branch -v While both commands are very useful, I think a case can be made for a single command that pulls together enough information in a few lines that it is clear. I'll see if I can cobble something up.-- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html