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

How about this alias for your .gitconfig:

[alias]
branch-tree = !cd "$(git rev-parse --git-dir)/refs/heads" && tree

You can also give options, depending on what your tree command supports, such as -D for timestamps.