'git branch' shows which branch you are currently on with an '*', but 'git for-each-ref' misses this feature. So, extend the format with %(HEAD) to do exactly the same thing. Now you can use the following format in for-each-ref: %C(red)%(HEAD)%C(reset) %C(green)%(refname:short)%C(reset) to display a red asterisk next to the current ref. Signed-off-by: Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@xxxxxxxxx> --- builtin/for-each-ref.c | 13 +++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/builtin/for-each-ref.c b/builtin/for-each-ref.c index 1563b25..63d3a85 100644 --- a/builtin/for-each-ref.c +++ b/builtin/for-each-ref.c @@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ static struct { { "upstream" }, { "symref" }, { "flag" }, + { "HEAD" }, }; /* @@ -683,8 +684,16 @@ static void populate_value(struct refinfo *ref) v->s = xstrdup(buf + 1); } continue; - } - else + } else if (!strcmp(name, "HEAD")) { + const char *head; + unsigned char sha1[20]; + head = resolve_ref_unsafe("HEAD", sha1, 1, NULL); + if (!strcmp(ref->refname, head)) + v->s = "*"; + else + v->s = " "; + continue; + } else continue; formatp = strchr(name, ':'); -- 1.8.3.rc3.2.g99b8f3f.dirty -- 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