Merge branch 'hn/status-compare-with-push' into jch

"git status" learned to show comparison between the current branch
and various other branches listed on status.compareBranches
configuration.

* hn/status-compare-with-push:
  status: add status.compareBranches config for multiple branch comparisons
  refactor format_branch_comparison in preparation
This commit is contained in:
Junio C Hamano
2026-02-23 14:26:50 -08:00
3 changed files with 511 additions and 37 deletions

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@@ -17,6 +17,26 @@ status.aheadBehind::
`--no-ahead-behind` by default in linkgit:git-status[1] for
non-porcelain status formats. Defaults to true.
status.compareBranches::
A space-separated list of branches to compare the current branch
against in linkgit:git-status[1]. Each branch specification can be
a remote-tracking branch name (e.g. `origin/main`), or a special
reference like `@{upstream}` or `@{push}`. For each branch in the
list, git status shows whether the current branch is ahead, behind,
or has diverged from that branch.
+
If not set, the default behavior is equivalent to `@{upstream}`, which
compares against the configured upstream tracking branch.
+
Example:
+
----
[status]
compareBranches = origin/main origin/develop
----
+
This would show comparisons against both `origin/main` and `origin/develop`.
status.displayCommentPrefix::
If set to true, linkgit:git-status[1] will insert a comment
prefix before each output line (starting with

191
remote.c
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@@ -29,6 +29,12 @@
enum map_direction { FROM_SRC, FROM_DST };
enum {
ENABLE_ADVICE_PULL = (1 << 0),
ENABLE_ADVICE_PUSH = (1 << 1),
ENABLE_ADVICE_DIVERGENCE = (1 << 2),
};
struct counted_string {
size_t len;
const char *s;
@@ -2234,43 +2240,62 @@ int stat_tracking_info(struct branch *branch, int *num_ours, int *num_theirs,
return stat_branch_pair(branch->refname, base, num_ours, num_theirs, abf);
}
/*
* Return true when there is anything to report, otherwise false.
*/
int format_tracking_info(struct branch *branch, struct strbuf *sb,
enum ahead_behind_flags abf,
int show_divergence_advice)
static char *resolve_compare_branch(struct branch *branch, const char *name)
{
int ours, theirs, sti;
const char *full_base;
char *base;
int upstream_is_gone = 0;
struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
const char *resolved = NULL;
char *ret;
sti = stat_tracking_info(branch, &ours, &theirs, &full_base, 0, abf);
if (sti < 0) {
if (!full_base)
return 0;
upstream_is_gone = 1;
if (!branch || !name)
return NULL;
if (!strcasecmp(name, "@{upstream}") || !strcasecmp(name, "@{u}"))
resolved = branch_get_upstream(branch, NULL);
else if (!strcasecmp(name, "@{push}"))
resolved = branch_get_push(branch, NULL);
if (resolved)
return xstrdup(resolved);
strbuf_addf(&buf, "refs/remotes/%s", name);
resolved = refs_resolve_ref_unsafe(
get_main_ref_store(the_repository),
buf.buf,
RESOLVE_REF_READING,
NULL, NULL);
if (resolved) {
ret = xstrdup(resolved);
strbuf_release(&buf);
return ret;
}
base = refs_shorten_unambiguous_ref(get_main_ref_store(the_repository),
full_base, 0);
if (upstream_is_gone) {
strbuf_addf(sb,
_("Your branch is based on '%s', but the upstream is gone.\n"),
base);
if (advice_enabled(ADVICE_STATUS_HINTS))
strbuf_addstr(sb,
_(" (use \"git branch --unset-upstream\" to fixup)\n"));
} else if (!sti) {
strbuf_release(&buf);
return NULL;
}
static void format_branch_comparison(struct strbuf *sb,
bool up_to_date,
int ours, int theirs,
const char *branch_name,
enum ahead_behind_flags abf,
unsigned flags)
{
bool enable_push_advice = (flags & ENABLE_ADVICE_PUSH) &&
advice_enabled(ADVICE_STATUS_HINTS);
bool enable_pull_advice = (flags & ENABLE_ADVICE_PULL) &&
advice_enabled(ADVICE_STATUS_HINTS);
bool enable_divergence_advice = (flags & ENABLE_ADVICE_DIVERGENCE) &&
advice_enabled(ADVICE_STATUS_HINTS);
if (up_to_date) {
strbuf_addf(sb,
_("Your branch is up to date with '%s'.\n"),
base);
branch_name);
} else if (abf == AHEAD_BEHIND_QUICK) {
strbuf_addf(sb,
_("Your branch and '%s' refer to different commits.\n"),
base);
if (advice_enabled(ADVICE_STATUS_HINTS))
branch_name);
if (enable_push_advice)
strbuf_addf(sb, _(" (use \"%s\" for details)\n"),
"git status --ahead-behind");
} else if (!theirs) {
@@ -2278,8 +2303,8 @@ int format_tracking_info(struct branch *branch, struct strbuf *sb,
Q_("Your branch is ahead of '%s' by %d commit.\n",
"Your branch is ahead of '%s' by %d commits.\n",
ours),
base, ours);
if (advice_enabled(ADVICE_STATUS_HINTS))
branch_name, ours);
if (enable_push_advice)
strbuf_addstr(sb,
_(" (use \"git push\" to publish your local commits)\n"));
} else if (!ours) {
@@ -2289,8 +2314,8 @@ int format_tracking_info(struct branch *branch, struct strbuf *sb,
"Your branch is behind '%s' by %d commits, "
"and can be fast-forwarded.\n",
theirs),
base, theirs);
if (advice_enabled(ADVICE_STATUS_HINTS))
branch_name, theirs);
if (enable_pull_advice)
strbuf_addstr(sb,
_(" (use \"git pull\" to update your local branch)\n"));
} else {
@@ -2302,14 +2327,106 @@ int format_tracking_info(struct branch *branch, struct strbuf *sb,
"and have %d and %d different commits each, "
"respectively.\n",
ours + theirs),
base, ours, theirs);
if (show_divergence_advice &&
advice_enabled(ADVICE_STATUS_HINTS))
branch_name, ours, theirs);
if (enable_divergence_advice)
strbuf_addstr(sb,
_(" (use \"git pull\" if you want to integrate the remote branch with yours)\n"));
}
free(base);
return 1;
}
/*
* Return true when there is anything to report, otherwise false.
*/
int format_tracking_info(struct branch *branch, struct strbuf *sb,
enum ahead_behind_flags abf,
int show_divergence_advice)
{
char *compare_branches = NULL;
struct string_list branches = STRING_LIST_INIT_DUP;
struct strset processed_refs = STRSET_INIT;
int reported = 0;
size_t i;
const char *upstream_ref;
const char *push_ref;
repo_config_get_string(the_repository, "status.comparebranches",
&compare_branches);
if (compare_branches) {
string_list_split(&branches, compare_branches, " ", -1);
string_list_remove_empty_items(&branches, 0);
} else {
string_list_append(&branches, "@{upstream}");
}
upstream_ref = branch_get_upstream(branch, NULL);
push_ref = branch_get_push(branch, NULL);
for (i = 0; i < branches.nr; i++) {
char *full_ref;
char *short_ref;
int ours, theirs, cmp;
int is_upstream, is_push;
unsigned flags = 0;
full_ref = resolve_compare_branch(branch,
branches.items[i].string);
if (!full_ref)
continue;
if (!strset_add(&processed_refs, full_ref)) {
free(full_ref);
continue;
}
short_ref = refs_shorten_unambiguous_ref(
get_main_ref_store(the_repository), full_ref, 0);
is_upstream = upstream_ref && !strcmp(full_ref, upstream_ref);
is_push = push_ref && !strcmp(full_ref, push_ref);
if (is_upstream && (!push_ref || !strcmp(upstream_ref, push_ref)))
is_push = 1;
cmp = stat_branch_pair(branch->refname, full_ref,
&ours, &theirs, abf);
if (cmp < 0) {
if (is_upstream) {
strbuf_addf(sb,
_("Your branch is based on '%s', but the upstream is gone.\n"),
short_ref);
if (advice_enabled(ADVICE_STATUS_HINTS))
strbuf_addstr(sb,
_(" (use \"git branch --unset-upstream\" to fixup)\n"));
reported = 1;
}
free(full_ref);
free(short_ref);
continue;
}
if (reported)
strbuf_addstr(sb, "\n");
if (is_upstream)
flags |= ENABLE_ADVICE_PULL;
if (is_push)
flags |= ENABLE_ADVICE_PUSH;
if (show_divergence_advice && is_upstream)
flags |= ENABLE_ADVICE_DIVERGENCE;
format_branch_comparison(sb, !cmp, ours, theirs, short_ref,
abf, flags);
reported = 1;
free(full_ref);
free(short_ref);
}
string_list_clear(&branches, 0);
strset_clear(&processed_refs);
free(compare_branches);
return reported;
}
static int one_local_ref(const struct reference *ref, void *cb_data)

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@@ -292,4 +292,341 @@ test_expect_success '--set-upstream-to @{-1}' '
test_cmp expect actual
'
test_expect_success 'status tracking origin/main shows only main' '
(
cd test &&
git checkout b4 &&
git status >../actual
) &&
cat >expect <<-EOF &&
On branch b4
Your branch is ahead of ${SQ}origin/main${SQ} by 2 commits.
(use "git push" to publish your local commits)
nothing to commit, working tree clean
EOF
test_cmp expect actual
'
test_expect_success 'status --no-ahead-behind tracking origin/main shows only main' '
(
cd test &&
git checkout b4 &&
git status --no-ahead-behind >../actual
) &&
cat >expect <<-EOF &&
On branch b4
Your branch and ${SQ}origin/main${SQ} refer to different commits.
(use "git status --ahead-behind" for details)
nothing to commit, working tree clean
EOF
test_cmp expect actual
'
test_expect_success 'setup for compareBranches tests' '
(
cd test &&
git config push.default current &&
git config status.compareBranches "@{upstream} @{push}"
)
'
test_expect_success 'status.compareBranches from upstream has no duplicates' '
(
cd test &&
git checkout main &&
git status >../actual
) &&
cat >expect <<-EOF &&
On branch main
Your branch is up to date with ${SQ}origin/main${SQ}.
nothing to commit, working tree clean
EOF
test_cmp expect actual
'
test_expect_success 'status.compareBranches shows ahead of both upstream and push branch' '
(
cd test &&
git checkout -b feature2 origin/main &&
git push origin HEAD &&
advance work &&
git status >../actual
) &&
cat >expect <<-EOF &&
On branch feature2
Your branch is ahead of ${SQ}origin/main${SQ} by 1 commit.
Your branch is ahead of ${SQ}origin/feature2${SQ} by 1 commit.
(use "git push" to publish your local commits)
nothing to commit, working tree clean
EOF
test_cmp expect actual
'
test_expect_success 'checkout with status.compareBranches shows both branches' '
(
cd test &&
git checkout feature2 >../actual
) &&
cat >expect <<-EOF &&
Your branch is ahead of ${SQ}origin/main${SQ} by 1 commit.
Your branch is ahead of ${SQ}origin/feature2${SQ} by 1 commit.
(use "git push" to publish your local commits)
EOF
test_cmp expect actual
'
test_expect_success 'setup for ahead of tracked but diverged from main' '
(
cd test &&
git checkout -b feature4 origin/main &&
advance work1 &&
git checkout origin/main &&
advance work2 &&
git push origin HEAD:main &&
git checkout feature4 &&
advance work3
)
'
test_expect_success 'status.compareBranches shows diverged and ahead' '
(
cd test &&
git checkout feature4 &&
git branch --set-upstream-to origin/main &&
git push origin HEAD &&
advance work &&
git status >../actual
) &&
cat >expect <<-EOF &&
On branch feature4
Your branch and ${SQ}origin/main${SQ} have diverged,
and have 3 and 1 different commits each, respectively.
(use "git pull" if you want to integrate the remote branch with yours)
Your branch is ahead of ${SQ}origin/feature4${SQ} by 1 commit.
(use "git push" to publish your local commits)
nothing to commit, working tree clean
EOF
test_cmp expect actual
'
test_expect_success 'status --no-ahead-behind with status.compareBranches' '
(
cd test &&
git checkout feature4 &&
git status --no-ahead-behind >../actual
) &&
cat >expect <<-EOF &&
On branch feature4
Your branch and ${SQ}origin/main${SQ} refer to different commits.
Your branch and ${SQ}origin/feature4${SQ} refer to different commits.
(use "git status --ahead-behind" for details)
nothing to commit, working tree clean
EOF
test_cmp expect actual
'
test_expect_success 'setup upstream remote' '
(
cd test &&
git remote add upstream ../. &&
git fetch upstream &&
git config remote.pushDefault origin
)
'
test_expect_success 'status.compareBranches with upstream and origin remotes' '
(
cd test &&
git checkout -b feature5 upstream/main &&
git push origin &&
advance work &&
git status >../actual
) &&
cat >expect <<-EOF &&
On branch feature5
Your branch is ahead of ${SQ}upstream/main${SQ} by 1 commit.
Your branch is ahead of ${SQ}origin/feature5${SQ} by 1 commit.
(use "git push" to publish your local commits)
nothing to commit, working tree clean
EOF
test_cmp expect actual
'
test_expect_success 'status.compareBranches with upstream and origin remotes multiple compare branches' '
(
cd test &&
git checkout -b feature6 upstream/main &&
git push origin &&
advance work &&
git -c status.compareBranches="upstream/main origin/feature6 origin/feature5" status >../actual
) &&
cat >expect <<-EOF &&
On branch feature6
Your branch is ahead of ${SQ}upstream/main${SQ} by 1 commit.
Your branch is ahead of ${SQ}origin/feature6${SQ} by 1 commit.
(use "git push" to publish your local commits)
Your branch is ahead of ${SQ}origin/feature5${SQ} by 1 commit.
nothing to commit, working tree clean
EOF
test_cmp expect actual
'
test_expect_success 'status.compareBranches with diverged push branch' '
(
cd test &&
git checkout -b feature7 upstream/main &&
advance work &&
git push origin &&
git reset --hard upstream/main &&
advance work &&
git status >../actual
) &&
cat >expect <<-EOF &&
On branch feature7
Your branch is ahead of ${SQ}upstream/main${SQ} by 1 commit.
Your branch and ${SQ}origin/feature7${SQ} have diverged,
and have 1 and 1 different commits each, respectively.
nothing to commit, working tree clean
EOF
test_cmp expect actual
'
test_expect_success 'status.compareBranches shows up to date branches' '
(
cd test &&
git checkout -b feature8 upstream/main &&
git push origin &&
git status >../actual
) &&
cat >expect <<-EOF &&
On branch feature8
Your branch is up to date with ${SQ}upstream/main${SQ}.
Your branch is up to date with ${SQ}origin/feature8${SQ}.
nothing to commit, working tree clean
EOF
test_cmp expect actual
'
test_expect_success 'status --no-ahead-behind with status.compareBranches up to date' '
(
cd test &&
git checkout feature8 &&
git push origin &&
git status --no-ahead-behind >../actual
) &&
cat >expect <<-EOF &&
On branch feature8
Your branch is up to date with ${SQ}upstream/main${SQ}.
Your branch is up to date with ${SQ}origin/feature8${SQ}.
nothing to commit, working tree clean
EOF
test_cmp expect actual
'
test_expect_success 'checkout with status.compareBranches shows up to date' '
(
cd test &&
git checkout feature8 >../actual
) &&
cat >expect <<-EOF &&
Your branch is up to date with ${SQ}upstream/main${SQ}.
Your branch is up to date with ${SQ}origin/feature8${SQ}.
EOF
test_cmp expect actual
'
test_expect_success 'status.compareBranches with upstream behind and push up to date' '
(
cd test &&
git checkout -b ahead upstream/main &&
advance work &&
git push upstream HEAD &&
git checkout -b feature9 upstream/main &&
git push origin &&
git branch --set-upstream-to upstream/ahead &&
git status >../actual
) &&
cat >expect <<-EOF &&
On branch feature9
Your branch is behind ${SQ}upstream/ahead${SQ} by 1 commit, and can be fast-forwarded.
(use "git pull" to update your local branch)
Your branch is up to date with ${SQ}origin/feature9${SQ}.
nothing to commit, working tree clean
EOF
test_cmp expect actual
'
test_expect_success 'status.compareBranches with remapped push refspec' '
(
cd test &&
git checkout -b feature10 origin/main &&
git config remote.origin.push refs/heads/feature10:refs/heads/remapped &&
git push &&
advance work &&
git status >../actual
) &&
cat >expect <<-EOF &&
On branch feature10
Your branch is ahead of ${SQ}origin/main${SQ} by 1 commit.
Your branch is ahead of ${SQ}origin/remapped${SQ} by 1 commit.
(use "git push" to publish your local commits)
nothing to commit, working tree clean
EOF
test_cmp expect actual
'
test_expect_success 'status.compareBranches with remapped push and upstream remote' '
(
cd test &&
git checkout -b feature11 upstream/main &&
git config remote.origin.push refs/heads/feature11:refs/heads/remapped &&
git push origin &&
advance work &&
git status >../actual
) &&
cat >expect <<-EOF &&
On branch feature11
Your branch is ahead of ${SQ}upstream/main${SQ} by 1 commit.
Your branch is ahead of ${SQ}origin/remapped${SQ} by 1 commit.
(use "git push" to publish your local commits)
nothing to commit, working tree clean
EOF
test_cmp expect actual
'
test_expect_success 'clean up after compareBranches tests' '
(
cd test &&
git config --unset status.compareBranches
)
'
test_done