Question

How to make gitk show only local branches? Or even better – can I hide remote branches that do not have corresponding local branches?

Answer 1

After some experimenting I have found a solution. The following command works:

echo $(git branch) | gitk

It shows only those remote branches that have corresponding local branches. It is important to use echo $(git branch) since it forces branch to return raw list of branches instead of formatted output such as the following:

$ git branch
  develop
  release-M4.1
  vendor
* xflow