Show the Description for the Current Branch

git-branch-show-description.sh

#!/bin/bash
#
# You can use `git branch --edit-description` to write a description
# for a branch, but Git provides no simple command to display that
# description.  The "easiest" way to see it is via `git config --get
# branch.BRANCH_NAME.description`.
#
# This script automates that process and is meant to be used as
# a Git alias to provide a shorter command for showing the
# description of the current branch.
#
#######################################################################

BRANCH="$(git symbolic-ref --short HEAD)"
DESCRIPTION_PROPERTY="branch.${BRANCH}.description"
git config --get "$DESCRIPTION_PROPERTY"

Thanks for the this. Really helpful. Minor typo: the beginning of Line 16 should be 'git', not 'get'

Its helpful~😁

Thanks, I needed this. 👍

It's absolutely bewildering that git branch list doesn't have a --descriptions