Branch list-related features request

Request 1: Option to do not divide the branches list into “Recent” and “Other” branches - since the “recent” branch is not necessarily the branch you have been working on recently. I can select and view all my branches one-by-one and the previous of recent branch will be shown as “Other”. Note that I did not do any changes to the branches.

Request2: Option not to change the position of the branch in the list after I selected it. When I choose a branch it is lifted up to the first place under the “Recent branches” list. This prevents me from going through the full list of branches from top the bottom so I can check of them. Since every branch is lifted to the top am I not sure what branches I have already checked and which not. It would be nice if the active branch is just marked by [v] and stayed at it`s place in the list.

[iAmWillShepherd]

I understand how having a list that is always reorganizing itself can be confusing. I think we should not try to group branches by access date unless we provide alternative grouping options so that people can choose what works best for them. If we stick with trying to group branches in some way I think having them grouped into Default (should just be one branch) and Local/Remote is good enough.

[shiftkey]

This has sat for a while, and I guess the big question here from @desktop/core that I’m curious about is whether we want to revisit our thinking about the “Recent Branches” area.

Some thoughts:

• our separation of “recent” branches from “other” might be a source of confusion when users don’t care about when a branch was last checked out locally
• it relies on the assumption that you only care about local branches, and not branches that other users have updated recently on the remote

Personally, I’m fine with leaving it as-is until we have more insights about usage. Anything else to add?