Output of git branch in tree like fashion

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Right now  when I type  git branch   it lists my branches in an arbitrary order   What I would prefer would be if  git branch  listed my output in a tree like fasion  somethign like   master  -- foo    -- foo1    -- foo2  -- bar    -- bar4   Where here  foo  amp  bar were branched from master  foo1  amp  foo2 were branched from foo  bar4 was branched from bar   Is this easy to accomplish    Command line utilities only  This needs to fit into my zsh vim workflow

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For those who use Github  they have a branch network viewer that seems easier to read

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It s not quite what you asked for  but  git log --graph --simplify-by-decoration --pretty format   d  --all   does a pretty good job  It shows tags and remote branches as well  This may not be desirable for everyone  but I find it useful  --simplifiy-by-decoration is the big trick here for limiting the refs shown   I use a similar command to view my log  I ve been able to completely replace my gitk usage with it   git log --graph --oneline --decorate --all   I use it by including these aliases in my    gitconfig file    alias      l   log --graph --oneline --decorate     ll   log --graph --oneline --decorate --branches --tags     lll   log --graph --oneline --decorate --all   Edit  Updated suggested log command aliases to use simpler option flags

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You can use a tool called gitk

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The answer below uses git log   I mentioned a similar approach in 2009 with  Unable to show a Git tree in terminal    git log --graph --pretty oneline --abbrev-commit   But the full one I have been using is in  How to display the tag name and branch name using git log --graph   2011    git config --global alias lgb  log --graph --pretty format   Cred h Creset - C yellow  d Creset  s  Cgreen  cr   C bold blue  lt  an gt  Creset n  --abbrev-commit --date relative --branches   git lgb     Original answer  2010   git show-branch --list comes close of what you are looking for  with the topo order   --topo-order      By default  the branches and their commits are shown in reverse chronological order    This option makes them appear in topological order  i e   descendant commits are shown before their parents     But the tool git wtf can help too  Example     git wtf Local branch  master     NOT in sync with remote  needs push      - Add before-search hook  for shortcuts for custom search queries   4430d1b   edwardzyang      7 days ago  Remote branch  origin master  git gitorious org sup mainline git   x  in sync with local  Feature branches      origin release-0 8 1 is NOT merged in  1 commit ahead      - bump to 0 8 1  dab43fb   wmorgan-sup      2 days ago      labels-before-subj is NOT merged in  1 commit ahead      - put labels before subject in thread index view  790b64d   marka      4 weeks ago   x  origin enclosed-message-display-tweaks merged in  x  experiment merged in  only locally   NOTE  working directory contains modified files      git-wtf shows you          How your branch relates to the remote repo  if it s a tracking branch    How your branch relates to non-feature   version   branches  if it s a feature branch    How your branch relates to the feature branches  if it s a version branch

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The following example shows commit parents as well   git log --graph --all   --format   C cyan dim   p  Cred  h  C white dim   s  Cgreen  cr  C cyan dim   lt  an gt  C bold yellow  d Creset

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Tested on Ubuntu   sudo apt install git-extras git-show-tree   This produces an effect similar to the 2 most upvoted answers here    Source  http   manpages ubuntu com manpages bionic man1 git-show-tree 1 html    Also  if you have arcanist installed  correction  Uber s fork of arcanist installed--see the bottom of this answer here for installation instructions   arc flow shows a beautiful dependency tree of upstream dependencies  ie  which were set previously via arc flow new branch or manually via git branch --set-upstream-to upstream branch    Bonus git tricks    How do I know if I  39 m running a nested shell  - see section here titled  Bonus  always show in your terminal your current git branch you are on too     Related    What  39 s the difference between  arc graft  and  arc patch

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