Show branch status after switching-CodePudding

When I git switch foo I would like to know if I need to rebase it onto master. Is there any way to make git switch foo check if foo is behind master and print a message like

Current branch foo is up to date.

Current branch foo is 6 commits behind `master`

after it has switched? Ideally I run the exact same command - git switch (so it doesn't mess up my muscle memory when working on different systems) and it only runs when I actually do git switch - anything that runs on every prompt will be too slow.

CodePudding user response：

Yes you can. First you can use the post-checkout commit to run after git switch:

touch .git/hooks/post-checkout
chmod  x .git/hooks/post-checkout

And then in that file you can use this code to print a useful message:

#!/bin/bash

set -e

git rev-list --left-right --count master...HEAD | awk '{print "Behind "$1" - Ahead "$2""}'

(Credit for that last command)

Example output:

git switch -
Updating files: 100% (1459/1459), done.
Switched to branch 'fix_warning_message'
Behind 0 - Ahead 2

CodePudding user response：

You can always use Git status command.

In my personal opinion, Git status is one of the best git command that will tell you about ahead/behind count for the current branch.

Its usage is simple,

$ git status

If you want to learn more about Git commands, you can find a list of git commands here on one page - https://acompiler.com/git-commands/