The current version of `git branch --list` mostly works, but it's slow and cumbersome. While this could easily be fixed in git itself, every patch that tries to improve the user interface is de facto rejected [1]. An external command `git branch-list` is the solution. Why is `git branch-list` better? 1. It provides useful information at all verbosity levels 2. It does not clutter the output with unhelpful characters 3. It provides a more consistent output 4. It sorts branches by default 5. It filters branches more conveniently 6. It tracks branches in a simpler way 7. It's way faster == Verbosity levels == At level 0: * master origin/master At level 1: * master [origin/master] The first batch post Git 2.32 What about the tracking information? That's orthogonal in `git branch-list`, and simplified: % git branch-list -t * master origin/master= == Performance == Using 100 random branches on Linux with random commits over the past decade: % git branch --list --verbose 21.611 seconds % git branch-list 0.106 seconds Grab it from my GitHub repository: https://github.com/felipec/git-branch-list Cheers. [1] https://lore.kernel.org/git/YL8KiiGXF8LdGmQ2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ -- Felipe Contreras
