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Dev tools · June 13, 2015

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Git-branches – list of branches with behind/ahead counts

git-branches is a go gettable command that displays branches with behind/ahead commit counts. If you've ever used GitHub, you'll notice their branches page displays this info. This is that, but for your local git repo, in the terminal. Go to any git repo you're working on and type: $ git branch feature/sanitized_anchor_name_context * master unfinished-attempt/alternative-sort-order wip/get-tweet-body Now, do `go get -u github.com/shurcooL/cmd/git-branches` on any machine with Go installed, and then: $ git-branches | Branch | Behind | Ahead |…

Git-branches – list of branches with behind/ahead counts launched on June 13, 2015 with 5 votes, #1,894 of 3,954 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches.

What it does

In the maker’s words, at launch

git-branches is a go gettable command that displays branches with behind/ahead commit counts. If you've ever used GitHub, you'll notice their branches page displays this info. This is that, but for your local git repo, in the terminal. Go to any git repo you're working on and type: $ git branch…

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