Regex branch filtering

[Awbmilne]

Describe the feature that you'd like Regex based branch filtering, and maintain branch selection between Git Graph closes

Additional context (optional) For corporate repositories with hundreds of branches based features/buxfixes, it is difficult to select a list of branches to view. One nice solution could be to allow regex based branch filtering (in branch search or another field). This would allow looking for keywords or a ticket/issue number in the branch name.

This would only really be useful if the regex was kept when you closed/reopened Git Graph. Not sure how practical a change like that is, but would sure help me out!

Thanks for the great work with this extensions! Saves me so much time and headache!

[Awbmilne]

WOW! This already sorta exists! Using glob!

For those hunting

Use the git-graph.customBranchGlobPatterns setting, like so:

"git-graph.customBranchGlobPatterns": [
        {
            "name": "My Branch Filter",
            "glob": "heads/*keyword*"
        },
        {
            "name": "My Other Branch Filter",
            "glob": "heads/feature/*"
        },
        {
            "name": "My Another Filter",
            "glob": "heads/<Jira Tag>:*"
        }
    ],

While its not as good as full Regex, and not GUI accessible, it is extremely useful!

I feel like a Regex version/expansion could useful, and an easier way to use it from the GUI, so that this functionality can be used on a daily bases without needed to play with the setting.json.

[shaofeng66]

@Awbmilne do you know by glob how to filter remote branch only? I want show only "origin/release-*" branches. Thank you!

[shaofeng66]

@Awbmilne do you know by glob how to filter remote branch only? I want show only "origin/release-*" branches. Thank you!

Answering my own question:

        {
            "name": "remote release branches",
            "glob": "remotes/origin/release-*"
        },