Re: [RFC/PATCH] show tracking branches with their associated branch names

Santhosh Kumar Mani [off-list ref] writes:

Of course, I could get this information in different ways. But it makes
sense to have this information displayed by default.

It makes sense to make the various information available, but it does not
mean it makes sense to add it by default for everybody at all. Given that
against all common sense, many newbie web-tips and third-party documents
suggest "git branch | sed -ne 's/^\* //p'" as a way to find the current
branch in scripts, I am sure such a change will cause trouble to many
while only helping a few.

I wouldn't mind a new option --verbose-format=... that takes various
formatting letters similar to how --pretty=format:... does, though.