* Bruce Stephens <bruce.stephens@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> writes: > > > i recently switched to 1.5.6.1.89.gd5446 and i'm getting this: > > > > Switched to branch "master" > > Your branch is ahead of the tracked remote branch 'origin/master' by 50 commits. > > > > it's a very useful detail! It's especially useful when two branches > > diverge in a non-trivial way. > > I agree, it's a really nice little feature. Indeed, I occasionally do > "git checkout master" just to get the message (to see where I am). > > It feels logical for "git status" to offer the same information (when > the information is appropriate). > > [...] i have a tip-curr (shortcut: 'tc') scriptlet to answer the "where I am amongst 100+ branches" question: earth4:~/tip> tc tip/master 200a86b: Merge branch 'x86/unify-setup' which is just a thin wrapper around git-log: earth4:~/tip> cat ~/bin/tip/tip-curr #!/bin/bash . ~/bin/tip/tip-lib echo "tip/"$(get_current_branch)" "$(git log -1 --pretty=format:"%h: %s") Ingo -- 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
