When working in Xcode on a project that's under git source control, I noticed the following menu item:
File > Source Control > Show Remote Statusand, when toggling it, it changes to:
File > Source Control > Hide Remote StatusI do have a Bitbucket git remote configured for the sample project I'm working on, but I can't figure out what that menu is supposed to be showing me, or where!? When I toggle it, there is no visible change to my Xcode user interface. I do have some changes that were committed to the local git repository only, not yet pushed to the remote, and I was expecting, somewhere, to see that the remote isn't current, when "Show Remote Status" is toggled on.
So, what is this "Remote Status" information that Xcode is supposed to be able to show, and where am I supposed to be looking for it? Is this feature equivalent to something that is typically queried on the git command line – and if so, what? Is there a window or panel I'm supposed to have open in order to see this information? I do have my navigator area, debug area, and utility areas all visible.
I searched Xcode documentation, Stack Overflow, and Google each for "Show Remote Status" and "Hide Remote Status", but none of the results were particularly enlightening.