git-info - Man Page
Returns information on current repository
Examples (TL;DR)
- Display remote locations, remote and local branches, most recent commit data and
.git/config
settings:git info
- Display remote locations, remote and local branches and most recent commit data:
git info --no-config
Synopsis
git-info [-c|--color] [--no-config]
Description
Shows the following information about a repository:
- Remote Url(s)
- Remote Branches
- Local Branches
- Submodule(s) (if present)
- Most recent commit
- Configuration Info
Options
- -c, --color
- Use color for information titles.
- --no-config
- Don´t show list all variables set in config file, along with their values.
Git Configs
You could customize the Most recent commit and Configuration Info format via git config options
$ git config --global --add git-extras.info.log "<log-command>"
the default log-command is "git log --max-count=1 --pretty=short"
$ git config --global --add git-extras.info.config-grep "<config-grep-command>"
the default config-grep-command is "git config --list"
For example,
to set global configuration to show last commit subject, without sha1
$ git config --global --add git-extras.info.log "git log --max-count=1 --format=\"Author: %an%nDate: %ad (%ar)%n%n %s\" --date=format:\"%Y-%m-%d %a %H:%M\""
to set global configuration to show user´s name and email
$ git config --global --add git-extras.info.config-grep "git config --list | grep --color=never -E \"^user.name|^user.email\""
Examples
Outputs info about a repo:
$ git info ## Remote URLs: origin git@github.com:sampleAuthor/git-extras.git (fetch) origin git@github.com:sampleAuthor/git-extras.git (push) ## Remote Branches: origin/HEAD -> origin/master origin/myBranch ## Local Branches: myBranch * master ## Submodule(s): a234567 path2submodule1/submodule1 (branch/tag) + b234567 path2submodule2/submodule2 (branch/tag) - c234567 path2submodule3/submodule3 (branch/tag) e234567 path2submodule4/submodule4 (branch/tag) ## Most Recent Commit: commit e3952df2c172c6f3eb533d8d0b1a6c77250769a7 Author: Sample Author <sampleAuthor@gmail.com> Added git-info command. ## Configuration (.git/config): color.diff=auto color.status=auto color.branch=auto user.name=Sample Author user.email=sampleAuthor@gmail.com core.repositoryformatversion=0 core.filemode=true core.bare=false core.logallrefupdates=true core.ignorecase=true remote.origin.fetch=+refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/* remote.origin.url=git@github.com:mub/git-extras.git branch.master.remote=origin branch.master.merge=refs/heads/master
Author
Written by Leila Muhtasib <muhtasib@gmail.com>
Reporting Bugs
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Referenced By
August 2020 Git Extras