# flow-status

Shows which Git Flow branch you are on, how far it has drifted from remote, and where it will merge.

- command · `type=command` · Claude Code · 1514 installs
- Author: davila7
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/davila7/claude-code-templates/tree/HEAD/cli-tool/components/commands/git/flow-status.md
- Updated: 2026-10-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/commands/flow-status

## What it does

The command reads your repository and lays out the state in sections: branch type (main, develop, feature, release, hotfix), sync with remote, working directory changes, commit history and the merge target. It runs on `git` and file reads only, so it stays out of your way.

The report changes with the branch. On `feature/*` you get progress plus a nudge to run tests. On `release/*` there is a checklist covering CHANGELOG and the version in package.json. On `hotfix/*` the output flags severity and walks through the emergency PR steps. Stand on `main` and it warns you that you are on the production branch, then points at `/feature`, `/release` or `/hotfix` to start new work.

Handy when the branch list has grown and you no longer remember which one is two commits ahead and which has been sitting since last month. It also surfaces stale branches and suggests the next version number from the commits you have accumulated.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **claude-code-templates**
```bash
npx claude-code-templates@latest --command git/flow-status
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.claude/commands/flow-status.md` — Call it with /flow-status. For all projects use ~/.claude/commands/

### Codex

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.codex/prompts/flow-status.md` — Call it with /prompts:flow-status. Codex marks this format deprecated in favour of skills

### GitHub Copilot

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/prompts/flow-status.prompt.md`

### Gemini CLI

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.gemini/commands/flow-status.toml` — Gemini stores commands as TOML: the prompt text goes into the prompt field

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/davila7/claude-code-templates/tree/HEAD/cli-tool/components/commands/git/flow-status.md

## When to use it
- tell which Git Flow branch you are on and where it merges
- see how many commits ahead or behind remote a branch is
- spot uncommitted changes before wrapping up work
- check the release checklist: CHANGELOG, version, tests
- find stale branches and decide what to do with them

## Example prompts
- /flow-status
- show me the Git Flow status of this repo
- where does my current branch merge to?

## Source text · flow-status.md · MIT

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````text
---
allowed-tools: Bash(git:*), Read
description: Display comprehensive Git Flow status including branch type, sync status, changes, and merge targets
---

# Git Flow Status

Display comprehensive Git Flow repository status

## Current Repository State

- Current branch: !`git branch --show-current`
- Git status: !`git status --porcelain`
- Branch list: !`git branch -a | grep -E '(feature|release|hotfix|develop|main)' | head -20`
- Latest tags: !`git tag --sort=-version:refname | head -5`
- Recent commits: !`git log --oneline --graph --all -10`
- Remote status: !`git remote -v`

## Task

Provide a comprehensive Git Flow status report:

### 1. Branch Analysis

Determine current branch type and state:

```bash
CURRENT_BRANCH=$(git branch --show-current)

# Detect branch type
if [[ $CURRENT_BRANCH == "main" ]]; then
  BRANCH_TYPE="🏠 Production"
  ICON="🏠"
  STATUS_COLOR="red"
elif [[ $CURRENT_BRANCH == "develop" ]]; then
  BRANCH_TYPE="🔀 Integration"
  ICON="🔀"
  STATUS_COLOR="blue"
elif [[ $CURRENT_BRANCH == feature/* ]]; then
  BRANCH_TYPE="🌿 Feature"
  ICON="🌿"
  STATUS_COLOR="green"
elif [[ $CURRENT_BRANCH == release/* ]]; then
  BRANCH_TYPE="🚀 Release"
  ICON="🚀"
  STATUS_COLOR="yellow"
elif [[ $CURRENT_BRANCH == hotfix/* ]]; then
  BRANCH_TYPE="🔥 Hotfix"
  ICON="🔥"
  STATUS_COLOR="red"
else
  BRANCH_TYPE="📁 Other"
  ICON="📁"
  STATUS_COLOR="gray"
fi
```

### 2. Comprehensive Status Display

```
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
🌿 GIT FLOW STATUS
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

📍 CURRENT BRANCH
   $ICON $CURRENT_BRANCH
   Type: $BRANCH_TYPE
   Base: [origin branch]
   Target: [merge destination]

📊 REPOSITORY INFO
   Remote: origin ($REMOTE_URL)
   Latest tag: v1.2.0
   Total branches: 12
   Active features: 3
   Active releases: 0
   Active hotfixes: 0

🔄 SYNC STATUS
   Commits ahead: ↑ 2
   Commits behind: ↓ 1
   Status: ⚠️  Branch diverged from remote

   Recommendations:
   - Pull latest changes: git pull
   - Push your commits: git push

📝 WORKING DIRECTORY
   Modified: ● 3 files
   Added: ✚ 5 files
   Deleted: ✖ 1 file
   Untracked: ? 2 files
   Total changes: 11 files

   Status: ⚠️  Uncommitted changes

📈 COMMIT HISTORY
   Commits on branch: 5
   Commits since base: 7
   Last commit: 2 hours ago
   Author: John Doe <john@example.com>

🎯 MERGE TARGET
   Will merge to: develop
   Merge status: ✓ Ready (no conflicts)

   Estimated files affected: 12
   Estimated lines changed: +245 -87

🏷️  VERSION INFO
   Current production: v1.2.0 (on main)
   Last release: 3 days ago
   Next suggested: v1.3.0 (based on commits)

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
```

### 3. Branch-Specific Information

**For Feature Branches:**
```
🌿 FEATURE BRANCH: feature/user-authentication

Branch info:
  Created: 2 days ago
  Base branch: develop
  Merge target: develop

Progress:
  Commits: 5
  Files changed: 12
  Lines added: 245
  Lines removed: 87

Status:
  ✓ No merge conflicts with develop
  ✓ Branch is up to date with remote
  ⚠️  3 uncommitted changes
  ⚠️  Tests not run recently

Next steps:
  1. Commit your changes
  2. Run tests: npm test
  3. Push to remote: git push
  4. When ready: /finish
```

**For Release Branches:**
```
🚀 RELEASE BRANCH: release/v1.3.0

Release info:
  Version: v1.3.0
  Created: 1 day ago
  Base branch: develop
  Merge targets: main, develop

Release contents:
  Features: 5
  Bug fixes: 3
  Performance: 1
  Total commits: 15

Version analysis:
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