WP Git Updater

Display Git Status is a pretty simple plugin, all it needs is access to the <code>shell_exec</code> function and to be pointed at a git repository.
The plugin will not perform any state altering operations, it accesses the repository using read only methods to fetch information like branch name, last commit and status.
When the git repository is located (defaulting to <code>wp-content</code>, or overwritten via a setting) the plugin will add a new admin bar item with the git icon and the current branch name.
When your site has untracked changes the menu items background will turn red.
This is ideal as it gives you a small marker directly in the admin area that some changes have been made which you probably need to look into.
Additionally when accessing the plugins admin page you can see the result of the <code>git status</code> command, and the last commit applied to your site.

Display Git Status

A simple WordPress plugin to display your current git branch and status in the admin area.

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<h4>It is customizes the plugins page:</h4>
<ul>
<li>Show a plugins icons</li>
<li>Displays the changelog in the update notification</li>
<li>The plugin list also displays logos and icons if the plugin is loaded via GIT. The update notification for these plug-ins is reduced so as not to distract attention from updating other plug-ins.</li>
<li>Adds sorting of plugins on the fly: Active first/Not active at first</li>
<li>In WordPress 5.5+ changes the Auto-update column to small neat checkboxes</li>
<li>The “Delete” plugin link is now active for activated plugins. It allows you to immediately deactivate and delete the plugin.</li>
</ul>

Plugins Page Tweaker

It works great!

The plugin adds icons on the plugins page and other tweaks, such as displaying the GIT branch

Display Git Status vs Plugins Page Tweaker