Showing branch hierarchy at the command line?

Question

I\'m curious if there is a way to show branch hierarchy on the command line? For instance if I use git branch, instead of seeing output like this:

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Answer 1

Try

git show-branch
git show-branch --all

Example output:

bash$ git show-branch --all
! [branchA] commitA only in branchA
 * [branchB] commitB
  ! [branchC] commitC only in branchC
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+   [branchA] commitA only in branchA 
 *  [branchB] commitB
  + [branchC] commitC only in branchC
 *+ [branchC~1] commitB-1 also in branchC
 *+ [branchC~2] commitB-2 also in branchC
+++ [branchC~3] common ancestor
+++ [branchC~4] more common ancestors