Git remote status
Hi!
If I switch branches with "git checkout master" git tells me something like "Your branch is ahead of the tracked remote branch 'origin/master' by 39 commits". Is there a "git remote status" or git-status switch to get the same information without switching branches?
Sometimes it's valuable whether one should push changes (for example before installing a new Ubuntu version ;) ).
Thank you,
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Quoted 2 lines · Gonsolo
Is there a "git remote status" or git-status switch to get the same information without switching branches?
Just 'git checkout' should print the info for the current branch.
Quoted 5 lines · Gonsolo
If I switch branches with "git checkout master" git tells me something like "Your branch is ahead of the tracked remote branch 'origin/master' by 39 commits".
Is there a "git remote status" or git-status switch to get the same information without switching branches?
"git status" will do this automatically in recent versions of git (as of 1.6.0, I believe).
You can also use "git branch -v" to see a summary of how all branches relate to their tracked counterparts.
Quoted 2 lines
Sometimes it's valuable whether one should push changes (for example before installing a new Ubuntu version ;) ).
For that, I might want to actually _see_ the changes. So I would use:
git shortlog origin/master..
(or "log" with a variety of formatting options to get as much information as you like). And if the relationship is more complex (i.e., I want to see if I need to push _or_ pull):
gitk origin/master...
-Peff