GIT-INFO(1) Git Extras GIT-INFO(1)

git-info - Returns information on current repository

Shows the following information about a repository:

1.
Remote Url(s)
2.
Remote Branches
3.
Local Branches
4.
Submodule(s) (if present)
5.
Most recent commit
6.
Configuration Info

-c, --color

Use color for information titles.

--no-config

Don't show list all variables set in config file, along with their values.

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\""

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

Written by Leila Muhtasib <muhtasib@gmail.com>

<https://github.com/tj/git-extras/issues>

<https://github.com/tj/git-extras>

November 2023