Subject: Re: [PATCH v28 2/2] status: add status.compareBranches config for multiple branch comparisons

From: Harald Nordgren <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2026 11:22:28 +0100

>> So what about this. We add a config option that takes a list of items to
>> compare against. But it _only_ supports @{upstream} and @{push} for now,
>> and interprets them as branch@{upstream} and branch@{push} (but probably
>> done manually, not via dwim_ref). That limitation gets documented.
>
> Sounds like a good way forward.

So if I do these changes, are we ready to merge then?

I worked on this feature for 2 months, and then it got marked as stale
instead of being merged. Will this time be different?

Harald