1 files changed, 154 insertions, 228 deletions

diff --git a/builtin/branch.c b/builtin/branch.c
index 6810c3ac44..16d391b407 100644
--- a/builtin/branch.c
+++ b/builtin/branch.c
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
  */
 
 #include "cache.h"
+#include "config.h"
 #include "color.h"
 #include "refs.h"
 #include "commit.h"
@@ -28,20 +29,21 @@ static const char * const builtin_branch_usage[] = {
 	N_("git branch [<options>] [-r] (-d | -D) <branch-name>..."),
 	N_("git branch [<options>] (-m | -M) [<old-branch>] <new-branch>"),
 	N_("git branch [<options>] [-r | -a] [--points-at]"),
+	N_("git branch [<options>] [-r | -a] [--format]"),
 	NULL
 };
 
 static const char *head;
-static unsigned char head_sha1[20];
+static struct object_id head_oid;
 
 static int branch_use_color = -1;
 static char branch_colors[][COLOR_MAXLEN] = {
 	GIT_COLOR_RESET,
-	GIT_COLOR_NORMAL,	/* PLAIN */
-	GIT_COLOR_RED,		/* REMOTE */
-	GIT_COLOR_NORMAL,	/* LOCAL */
-	GIT_COLOR_GREEN,	/* CURRENT */
-	GIT_COLOR_BLUE,		/* UPSTREAM */
+	GIT_COLOR_NORMAL,       /* PLAIN */
+	GIT_COLOR_RED,          /* REMOTE */
+	GIT_COLOR_NORMAL,       /* LOCAL */
+	GIT_COLOR_GREEN,        /* CURRENT */
+	GIT_COLOR_BLUE,         /* UPSTREAM */
 };
 enum color_branch {
 	BRANCH_COLOR_RESET = 0,
@@ -90,7 +92,7 @@ static int git_branch_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb)
 			return config_error_nonbool(var);
 		return color_parse(value, branch_colors[slot]);
 	}
-	return git_color_default_config(var, value, cb);
+	return git_default_config(var, value, cb);
 }
 
 static const char *branch_get_color(enum color_branch ix)
@@ -117,13 +119,13 @@ static int branch_merged(int kind, const char *name,
 	if (kind == FILTER_REFS_BRANCHES) {
 		struct branch *branch = branch_get(name);
 		const char *upstream = branch_get_upstream(branch, NULL);
-		unsigned char sha1[20];
+		struct object_id oid;
 
 		if (upstream &&
 		    (reference_name = reference_name_to_free =
 		     resolve_refdup(upstream, RESOLVE_REF_READING,
-				    sha1, NULL)) != NULL)
-			reference_rev = lookup_commit_reference(sha1);
+				    oid.hash, NULL)) != NULL)
+			reference_rev = lookup_commit_reference(&oid);
 	}
 	if (!reference_rev)
 		reference_rev = head_rev;
@@ -153,10 +155,10 @@ static int branch_merged(int kind, const char *name,
 }
 
 static int check_branch_commit(const char *branchname, const char *refname,
-			       const unsigned char *sha1, struct commit *head_rev,
+			       const struct object_id *oid, struct commit *head_rev,
 			       int kinds, int force)
 {
-	struct commit *rev = lookup_commit_reference(sha1);
+	struct commit *rev = lookup_commit_reference(oid);
 	if (!rev) {
 		error(_("Couldn't look up commit object for '%s'"), refname);
 		return -1;
@@ -183,31 +185,34 @@ static int delete_branches(int argc, const char **argv, int force, int kinds,
 			   int quiet)
 {
 	struct commit *head_rev = NULL;
-	unsigned char sha1[20];
+	struct object_id oid;
 	char *name = NULL;
 	const char *fmt;
 	int i;
 	int ret = 0;
 	int remote_branch = 0;
 	struct strbuf bname = STRBUF_INIT;
+	unsigned allowed_interpret;
 
 	switch (kinds) {
 	case FILTER_REFS_REMOTES:
 		fmt = "refs/remotes/%s";
 		/* For subsequent UI messages */
 		remote_branch = 1;
+		allowed_interpret = INTERPRET_BRANCH_REMOTE;
 
 		force = 1;
 		break;
 	case FILTER_REFS_BRANCHES:
 		fmt = "refs/heads/%s";
+		allowed_interpret = INTERPRET_BRANCH_LOCAL;
 		break;
 	default:
 		die(_("cannot use -a with -d"));
 	}
 
 	if (!force) {
-		head_rev = lookup_commit_reference(head_sha1);
+		head_rev = lookup_commit_reference(&head_oid);
 		if (!head_rev)
 			die(_("Couldn't look up commit object for HEAD"));
 	}
@@ -215,7 +220,7 @@ static int delete_branches(int argc, const char **argv, int force, int kinds,
 		char *target = NULL;
 		int flags = 0;
 
-		strbuf_branchname(&bname, argv[i]);
+		strbuf_branchname(&bname, argv[i], allowed_interpret);
 		free(name);
 		name = mkpathdup(fmt, bname.buf);
 
@@ -235,7 +240,7 @@ static int delete_branches(int argc, const char **argv, int force, int kinds,
 					RESOLVE_REF_READING
 					| RESOLVE_REF_NO_RECURSE
 					| RESOLVE_REF_ALLOW_BAD_NAME,
-					sha1, &flags);
+					oid.hash, &flags);
 		if (!target) {
 			error(remote_branch
 			      ? _("remote-tracking branch '%s' not found.")
@@ -245,13 +250,13 @@ static int delete_branches(int argc, const char **argv, int force, int kinds,
 		}
 
 		if (!(flags & (REF_ISSYMREF|REF_ISBROKEN)) &&
-		    check_branch_commit(bname.buf, name, sha1, head_rev, kinds,
+		    check_branch_commit(bname.buf, name, &oid, head_rev, kinds,
 					force)) {
 			ret = 1;
 			goto next;
 		}
 
-		if (delete_ref(name, is_null_sha1(sha1) ? NULL : sha1,
+		if (delete_ref(NULL, name, is_null_oid(&oid) ? NULL : oid.hash,
 			       REF_NODEREF)) {
 			error(remote_branch
 			      ? _("Error deleting remote-tracking branch '%s'")
@@ -267,7 +272,7 @@ static int delete_branches(int argc, const char **argv, int force, int kinds,
 			       bname.buf,
 			       (flags & REF_ISBROKEN) ? "broken"
 			       : (flags & REF_ISSYMREF) ? target
-			       : find_unique_abbrev(sha1, DEFAULT_ABBREV));
+			       : find_unique_abbrev(oid.hash, DEFAULT_ABBREV));
 		}
 		delete_branch_config(bname.buf);
 
@@ -280,221 +285,112 @@ static int delete_branches(int argc, const char **argv, int force, int kinds,
 	return(ret);
 }
 
-static void fill_tracking_info(struct strbuf *stat, const char *branch_name,
-		int show_upstream_ref)
+static int calc_maxwidth(struct ref_array *refs, int remote_bonus)
 {
-	int ours, theirs;
-	char *ref = NULL;
-	struct branch *branch = branch_get(branch_name);
-	const char *upstream;
-	struct strbuf fancy = STRBUF_INIT;
-	int upstream_is_gone = 0;
-	int added_decoration = 1;
-
-	if (stat_tracking_info(branch, &ours, &theirs, &upstream) < 0) {
-		if (!upstream)
-			return;
-		upstream_is_gone = 1;
-	}
-
-	if (show_upstream_ref) {
-		ref = shorten_unambiguous_ref(upstream, 0);
-		if (want_color(branch_use_color))
-			strbuf_addf(&fancy, "%s%s%s",
-					branch_get_color(BRANCH_COLOR_UPSTREAM),
-					ref, branch_get_color(BRANCH_COLOR_RESET));
-		else
-			strbuf_addstr(&fancy, ref);
-	}
+	int i, max = 0;
+	for (i = 0; i < refs->nr; i++) {
+		struct ref_array_item *it = refs->items[i];
+		const char *desc = it->refname;
+		int w;
 
-	if (upstream_is_gone) {
-		if (show_upstream_ref)
-			strbuf_addf(stat, _("[%s: gone]"), fancy.buf);
-		else
-			added_decoration = 0;
-	} else if (!ours && !theirs) {
-		if (show_upstream_ref)
-			strbuf_addf(stat, _("[%s]"), fancy.buf);
-		else
-			added_decoration = 0;
-	} else if (!ours) {
-		if (show_upstream_ref)
-			strbuf_addf(stat, _("[%s: behind %d]"), fancy.buf, theirs);
-		else
-			strbuf_addf(stat, _("[behind %d]"), theirs);
+		skip_prefix(it->refname, "refs/heads/", &desc);
+		skip_prefix(it->refname, "refs/remotes/", &desc);
+		if (it->kind == FILTER_REFS_DETACHED_HEAD) {
+			char *head_desc = get_head_description();
+			w = utf8_strwidth(head_desc);
+			free(head_desc);
+		} else
+			w = utf8_strwidth(desc);
 
-	} else if (!theirs) {
-		if (show_upstream_ref)
-			strbuf_addf(stat, _("[%s: ahead %d]"), fancy.buf, ours);
-		else
-			strbuf_addf(stat, _("[ahead %d]"), ours);
-	} else {
-		if (show_upstream_ref)
-			strbuf_addf(stat, _("[%s: ahead %d, behind %d]"),
-				    fancy.buf, ours, theirs);
-		else
-			strbuf_addf(stat, _("[ahead %d, behind %d]"),
-				    ours, theirs);
+		if (it->kind == FILTER_REFS_REMOTES)
+			w += remote_bonus;
+		if (w > max)
+			max = w;
 	}
-	strbuf_release(&fancy);
-	if (added_decoration)
-		strbuf_addch(stat, ' ');
-	free(ref);
+	return max;
 }
 
-static void add_verbose_info(struct strbuf *out, struct ref_array_item *item,
-			     struct ref_filter *filter, const char *refname)
+static const char *quote_literal_for_format(const char *s)
 {
-	struct strbuf subject = STRBUF_INIT, stat = STRBUF_INIT;
-	const char *sub = _(" **** invalid ref ****");
-	struct commit *commit = item->commit;
+	static struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
 
-	if (!parse_commit(commit)) {
-		pp_commit_easy(CMIT_FMT_ONELINE, commit, &subject);
-		sub = subject.buf;
+	strbuf_reset(&buf);
+	while (*s) {
+		const char *ep = strchrnul(s, '%');
+		if (s < ep)
+			strbuf_add(&buf, s, ep - s);
+		if (*ep == '%') {
+			strbuf_addstr(&buf, "%%");
+			s = ep + 1;
+		} else {
+			s = ep;
+		}
 	}
-
-	if (item->kind == FILTER_REFS_BRANCHES)
-		fill_tracking_info(&stat, refname, filter->verbose > 1);
-
-	strbuf_addf(out, " %s %s%s",
-		find_unique_abbrev(item->commit->object.oid.hash, filter->abbrev),
-		stat.buf, sub);
-	strbuf_release(&stat);
-	strbuf_release(&subject);
+	return buf.buf;
 }
 
-static char *get_head_description(void)
+static char *build_format(struct ref_filter *filter, int maxwidth, const char *remote_prefix)
 {
-	struct strbuf desc = STRBUF_INIT;
-	struct wt_status_state state;
-	memset(&state, 0, sizeof(state));
-	wt_status_get_state(&state, 1);
-	if (state.rebase_in_progress ||
-	    state.rebase_interactive_in_progress)
-		strbuf_addf(&desc, _("(no branch, rebasing %s)"),
-			    state.branch);
-	else if (state.bisect_in_progress)
-		strbuf_addf(&desc, _("(no branch, bisect started on %s)"),
-			    state.branch);
-	else if (state.detached_from) {
-		if (state.detached_at)
-			/* TRANSLATORS: make sure this matches
-			   "HEAD detached at " in wt-status.c */
-			strbuf_addf(&desc, _("(HEAD detached at %s)"),
-				state.detached_from);
-		else
-			/* TRANSLATORS: make sure this matches
-			   "HEAD detached from " in wt-status.c */
-			strbuf_addf(&desc, _("(HEAD detached from %s)"),
-				state.detached_from);
-	}
-	else
-		strbuf_addstr(&desc, _("(no branch)"));
-	free(state.branch);
-	free(state.onto);
-	free(state.detached_from);
-	return strbuf_detach(&desc, NULL);
-}
+	struct strbuf fmt = STRBUF_INIT;
+	struct strbuf local = STRBUF_INIT;
+	struct strbuf remote = STRBUF_INIT;
 
-static void format_and_print_ref_item(struct ref_array_item *item, int maxwidth,
-				      struct ref_filter *filter, const char *remote_prefix)
-{
-	char c;
-	int current = 0;
-	int color;
-	struct strbuf out = STRBUF_INIT, name = STRBUF_INIT;
-	const char *prefix_to_show = "";
-	const char *prefix_to_skip = NULL;
-	const char *desc = item->refname;
-	char *to_free = NULL;
+	strbuf_addf(&local, "%%(if)%%(HEAD)%%(then)* %s%%(else)  %s%%(end)",
+		    branch_get_color(BRANCH_COLOR_CURRENT),
+		    branch_get_color(BRANCH_COLOR_LOCAL));
+	strbuf_addf(&remote, "  %s",
+		    branch_get_color(BRANCH_COLOR_REMOTE));
 
-	switch (item->kind) {
-	case FILTER_REFS_BRANCHES:
-		prefix_to_skip = "refs/heads/";
-		skip_prefix(desc, prefix_to_skip, &desc);
-		if (!filter->detached && !strcmp(desc, head))
-			current = 1;
+	if (filter->verbose) {
+		struct strbuf obname = STRBUF_INIT;
+
+		if (filter->abbrev < 0)
+			strbuf_addf(&obname, "%%(objectname:short)");
+		else if (!filter->abbrev)
+			strbuf_addf(&obname, "%%(objectname)");
 		else
-			color = BRANCH_COLOR_LOCAL;
-		break;
-	case FILTER_REFS_REMOTES:
-		prefix_to_skip = "refs/remotes/";
-		skip_prefix(desc, prefix_to_skip, &desc);
-		color = BRANCH_COLOR_REMOTE;
-		prefix_to_show = remote_prefix;
-		break;
-	case FILTER_REFS_DETACHED_HEAD:
-		desc = to_free = get_head_description();
-		current = 1;
-		break;
-	default:
-		color = BRANCH_COLOR_PLAIN;
-		break;
-	}
+			strbuf_addf(&obname, "%%(objectname:short=%d)", filter->abbrev);
 
-	c = ' ';
-	if (current) {
-		c = '*';
-		color = BRANCH_COLOR_CURRENT;
-	}
+		strbuf_addf(&local, "%%(align:%d,left)%%(refname:lstrip=2)%%(end)", maxwidth);
+		strbuf_addf(&local, "%s", branch_get_color(BRANCH_COLOR_RESET));
+		strbuf_addf(&local, " %s ", obname.buf);
 
-	strbuf_addf(&name, "%s%s", prefix_to_show, desc);
-	if (filter->verbose) {
-		int utf8_compensation = strlen(name.buf) - utf8_strwidth(name.buf);
-		strbuf_addf(&out, "%c %s%-*s%s", c, branch_get_color(color),
-			    maxwidth + utf8_compensation, name.buf,
-			    branch_get_color(BRANCH_COLOR_RESET));
-	} else
-		strbuf_addf(&out, "%c %s%s%s", c, branch_get_color(color),
-			    name.buf, branch_get_color(BRANCH_COLOR_RESET));
-
-	if (item->symref) {
-		const char *symref = item->symref;
-		if (prefix_to_skip)
-			skip_prefix(symref, prefix_to_skip, &symref);
-		strbuf_addf(&out, " -> %s", symref);
-	}
-	else if (filter->verbose)
-		/* " f7c0c00 [ahead 58, behind 197] vcs-svn: drop obj_pool.h" */
-		add_verbose_info(&out, item, filter, desc);
-	if (column_active(colopts)) {
-		assert(!filter->verbose && "--column and --verbose are incompatible");
-		string_list_append(&output, out.buf);
+		if (filter->verbose > 1)
+			strbuf_addf(&local, "%%(if)%%(upstream)%%(then)[%s%%(upstream:short)%s%%(if)%%(upstream:track)"
+				    "%%(then): %%(upstream:track,nobracket)%%(end)] %%(end)%%(contents:subject)",
+				    branch_get_color(BRANCH_COLOR_UPSTREAM), branch_get_color(BRANCH_COLOR_RESET));
+		else
+			strbuf_addf(&local, "%%(if)%%(upstream:track)%%(then)%%(upstream:track) %%(end)%%(contents:subject)");
+
+		strbuf_addf(&remote, "%%(align:%d,left)%s%%(refname:lstrip=2)%%(end)%s"
+			    "%%(if)%%(symref)%%(then) -> %%(symref:short)"
+			    "%%(else) %s %%(contents:subject)%%(end)",
+			    maxwidth, quote_literal_for_format(remote_prefix),
+			    branch_get_color(BRANCH_COLOR_RESET), obname.buf);
+		strbuf_release(&obname);
 	} else {
-		printf("%s\n", out.buf);
+		strbuf_addf(&local, "%%(refname:lstrip=2)%s%%(if)%%(symref)%%(then) -> %%(symref:short)%%(end)",
+			    branch_get_color(BRANCH_COLOR_RESET));
+		strbuf_addf(&remote, "%s%%(refname:lstrip=2)%s%%(if)%%(symref)%%(then) -> %%(symref:short)%%(end)",
+			    quote_literal_for_format(remote_prefix),
+			    branch_get_color(BRANCH_COLOR_RESET));
 	}
-	strbuf_release(&name);
-	strbuf_release(&out);
-	free(to_free);
-}
 
-static int calc_maxwidth(struct ref_array *refs, int remote_bonus)
-{
-	int i, max = 0;
-	for (i = 0; i < refs->nr; i++) {
-		struct ref_array_item *it = refs->items[i];
-		const char *desc = it->refname;
-		int w;
-
-		skip_prefix(it->refname, "refs/heads/", &desc);
-		skip_prefix(it->refname, "refs/remotes/", &desc);
-		w = utf8_strwidth(desc);
+	strbuf_addf(&fmt, "%%(if:notequals=refs/remotes)%%(refname:rstrip=-2)%%(then)%s%%(else)%s%%(end)", local.buf, remote.buf);
 
-		if (it->kind == FILTER_REFS_REMOTES)
-			w += remote_bonus;
-		if (w > max)
-			max = w;
-	}
-	return max;
+	strbuf_release(&local);
+	strbuf_release(&remote);
+	return strbuf_detach(&fmt, NULL);
 }
 
-static void print_ref_list(struct ref_filter *filter, struct ref_sorting *sorting)
+static void print_ref_list(struct ref_filter *filter, struct ref_sorting *sorting, struct ref_format *format)
 {
 	int i;
 	struct ref_array array;
 	int maxwidth = 0;
 	const char *remote_prefix = "";
+	struct strbuf out = STRBUF_INIT;
+	char *to_free = NULL;
 
 	/*
 	 * If we are listing more than just remote branches,
@@ -506,32 +402,40 @@ static void print_ref_list(struct ref_filter *filter, struct ref_sorting *sortin
 
 	memset(&array, 0, sizeof(array));
 
-	verify_ref_format("%(refname)%(symref)");
 	filter_refs(&array, filter, filter->kind | FILTER_REFS_INCLUDE_BROKEN);
 
 	if (filter->verbose)
 		maxwidth = calc_maxwidth(&array, strlen(remote_prefix));
 
-	/*
-	 * If no sorting parameter is given then we default to sorting
-	 * by 'refname'. This would give us an alphabetically sorted
-	 * array with the 'HEAD' ref at the beginning followed by
-	 * local branches 'refs/heads/...' and finally remote-tacking
-	 * branches 'refs/remotes/...'.
-	 */
-	if (!sorting)
-		sorting = ref_default_sorting();
+	if (!format->format)
+		format->format = to_free = build_format(filter, maxwidth, remote_prefix);
+	format->use_color = branch_use_color;
+
+	if (verify_ref_format(format))
+		die(_("unable to parse format string"));
+
 	ref_array_sort(sorting, &array);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < array.nr; i++)
-		format_and_print_ref_item(array.items[i], maxwidth, filter, remote_prefix);
+	for (i = 0; i < array.nr; i++) {
+		format_ref_array_item(array.items[i], format, &out);
+		if (column_active(colopts)) {
+			assert(!filter->verbose && "--column and --verbose are incompatible");
+			 /* format to a string_list to let print_columns() do its job */
+			string_list_append(&output, out.buf);
+		} else {
+			fwrite(out.buf, 1, out.len, stdout);
+			putchar('\n');
+		}
+		strbuf_release(&out);
+	}
 
 	ref_array_clear(&array);
+	free(to_free);
 }
 
 static void reject_rebase_or_bisect_branch(const char *target)
 {
-	struct worktree **worktrees = get_worktrees();
+	struct worktree **worktrees = get_worktrees(0);
 	int i;
 
 	for (i = 0; worktrees[i]; i++) {
@@ -588,14 +492,15 @@ static void rename_branch(const char *oldname, const char *newname, int force)
 
 	if (rename_ref(oldref.buf, newref.buf, logmsg.buf))
 		die(_("Branch rename failed"));
-	strbuf_release(&logmsg);
 
 	if (recovery)
 		warning(_("Renamed a misnamed branch '%s' away"), oldref.buf + 11);
 
-	if (replace_each_worktree_head_symref(oldref.buf, newref.buf))
+	if (replace_each_worktree_head_symref(oldref.buf, newref.buf, logmsg.buf))
 		die(_("Branch renamed to %s, but HEAD is not updated!"), newname);
 
+	strbuf_release(&logmsg);
+
 	strbuf_addf(&oldsection, "branch.%s", oldref.buf + 11);
 	strbuf_release(&oldref);
 	strbuf_addf(&newsection, "branch.%s", newref.buf + 11);
@@ -606,7 +511,7 @@ static void rename_branch(const char *oldname, const char *newname, int force)
 	strbuf_release(&newsection);
 }
 
-static const char edit_description[] = "BRANCH_DESCRIPTION";
+static GIT_PATH_FUNC(edit_description, "EDIT_DESCRIPTION")
 
 static int edit_branch_description(const char *branch_name)
 {
@@ -621,9 +526,9 @@ static int edit_branch_description(const char *branch_name)
 		      "  %s\n"
 		      "Lines starting with '%c' will be stripped.\n"),
 		    branch_name, comment_line_char);
-	write_file_buf(git_path(edit_description), buf.buf, buf.len);
+	write_file_buf(edit_description(), buf.buf, buf.len);
 	strbuf_reset(&buf);
-	if (launch_editor(git_path(edit_description), &buf, NULL)) {
+	if (launch_editor(edit_description(), &buf, NULL)) {
 		strbuf_release(&buf);
 		return -1;
 	}
@@ -645,7 +550,9 @@ int cmd_branch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	const char *new_upstream = NULL;
 	enum branch_track track;
 	struct ref_filter filter;
+	int icase = 0;
 	static struct ref_sorting *sorting = NULL, **sorting_tail = &sorting;
+	struct ref_format format = REF_FORMAT_INIT;
 
 	struct option options[] = {
 		OPT_GROUP(N_("Generic options")),
@@ -657,12 +564,14 @@ int cmd_branch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		OPT_SET_INT( 0, "set-upstream",  &track, N_("change upstream info"),
 			BRANCH_TRACK_OVERRIDE),
 		OPT_STRING('u', "set-upstream-to", &new_upstream, N_("upstream"), N_("change the upstream info")),
-		OPT_BOOL(0, "unset-upstream", &unset_upstream, "Unset the upstream info"),
+		OPT_BOOL(0, "unset-upstream", &unset_upstream, N_("Unset the upstream info")),
 		OPT__COLOR(&branch_use_color, N_("use colored output")),
 		OPT_SET_INT('r', "remotes",     &filter.kind, N_("act on remote-tracking branches"),
 			FILTER_REFS_REMOTES),
 		OPT_CONTAINS(&filter.with_commit, N_("print only branches that contain the commit")),
+		OPT_NO_CONTAINS(&filter.no_commit, N_("print only branches that don't contain the commit")),
 		OPT_WITH(&filter.with_commit, N_("print only branches that contain the commit")),
+		OPT_WITHOUT(&filter.no_commit, N_("print only branches that don't contain the commit")),
 		OPT__ABBREV(&filter.abbrev),
 
 		OPT_GROUP(N_("Specific git-branch actions:")),
@@ -686,9 +595,13 @@ int cmd_branch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 			OPTION_CALLBACK, 0, "points-at", &filter.points_at, N_("object"),
 			N_("print only branches of the object"), 0, parse_opt_object_name
 		},
+		OPT_BOOL('i', "ignore-case", &icase, N_("sorting and filtering are case insensitive")),
+		OPT_STRING(  0 , "format", &format.format, N_("format"), N_("format to use for the output")),
 		OPT_END(),
 	};
 
+	setup_ref_filter_porcelain_msg();
+
 	memset(&filter, 0, sizeof(filter));
 	filter.kind = FILTER_REFS_BRANCHES;
 	filter.abbrev = -1;
@@ -700,7 +613,7 @@ int cmd_branch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 
 	track = git_branch_track;
 
-	head = resolve_refdup("HEAD", 0, head_sha1, NULL);
+	head = resolve_refdup("HEAD", 0, head_oid.hash, NULL);
 	if (!head)
 		die(_("Failed to resolve HEAD as a valid ref."));
 	if (!strcmp(head, "HEAD"))
@@ -714,7 +627,8 @@ int cmd_branch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	if (!delete && !rename && !edit_description && !new_upstream && !unset_upstream && argc == 0)
 		list = 1;
 
-	if (filter.with_commit || filter.merge != REF_FILTER_MERGED_NONE || filter.points_at.nr)
+	if (filter.with_commit || filter.merge != REF_FILTER_MERGED_NONE || filter.points_at.nr ||
+	    filter.no_commit)
 		list = 1;
 
 	if (!!delete + !!rename + !!new_upstream +
@@ -723,6 +637,8 @@ int cmd_branch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 
 	if (filter.abbrev == -1)
 		filter.abbrev = DEFAULT_ABBREV;
+	filter.ignore_case = icase;
+
 	finalize_colopts(&colopts, -1);
 	if (filter.verbose) {
 		if (explicitly_enable_column(colopts))
@@ -744,7 +660,17 @@ int cmd_branch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		if ((filter.kind & FILTER_REFS_BRANCHES) && filter.detached)
 			filter.kind |= FILTER_REFS_DETACHED_HEAD;
 		filter.name_patterns = argv;
-		print_ref_list(&filter, sorting);
+		/*
+		 * If no sorting parameter is given then we default to sorting
+		 * by 'refname'. This would give us an alphabetically sorted
+		 * array with the 'HEAD' ref at the beginning followed by
+		 * local branches 'refs/heads/...' and finally remote-tacking
+		 * branches 'refs/remotes/...'.
+		 */
+		if (!sorting)
+			sorting = ref_default_sorting();
+		sorting->ignore_case = icase;
+		print_ref_list(&filter, sorting, &format);
 		print_columns(&output, colopts, NULL);
 		string_list_clear(&output, 0);
 		return 0;