Re: What's cooking in git.git (Dec 2010, #01; Sat, 4)

On Sat, 4 Dec 2010, Junio C Hamano wrote:

* aa/status-hilite-branch (2010-11-18) 1 commit
- status: show branchname with a configurable color

I am indifferent/uninterested; I don't see anything wrong with it, but I
do not find coloring the field particularly useful myself.

The idea for this patch came from my daywork, where I have lately been 
trying to teach new users effective use of Git. We promote heavy usage of 
"git status" for new users in order for them to understand what all the 
basic commands do. A great amount of users fail to notice in which branch 
they are even when looking at the status message. I think this small tweak 
could help at least some of such new users without causing considerable 
harm for more advanced users.

And as Jeff pointed out, this is already the default beharivour in vim for 
commit messages. I have always found it quite reasonable.

:Aga