1 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/org.eclipse.egit.ui/src/org/eclipse/egit/ui/internal/decorators/DecoratableResourceHelper.java b/org.eclipse.egit.ui/src/org/eclipse/egit/ui/internal/decorators/DecoratableResourceHelper.java
index b8984a59fa..855dcf2fde 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.egit.ui/src/org/eclipse/egit/ui/internal/decorators/DecoratableResourceHelper.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.egit.ui/src/org/eclipse/egit/ui/internal/decorators/DecoratableResourceHelper.java
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 
 import org.eclipse.egit.ui.Activator;
 import org.eclipse.egit.ui.UIText;
+import org.eclipse.egit.ui.internal.GitLabelProvider;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.BranchTrackingStatus;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Constants;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Ref;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Repository;
@@ -56,4 +58,20 @@ public class DecoratableResourceHelper {
 
 		return repository.getBranch();
 	}
+
+	static String getBranchStatus(Repository repo) throws IOException {
+		String branchName = repo.getBranch();
+		if (branchName == null)
+			return null;
+
+		BranchTrackingStatus status = BranchTrackingStatus.of(repo, branchName);
+		if (status == null)
+			return null;
+
+		if (status.getAheadCount() == 0 && status.getBehindCount() == 0)
+			return null;
+
+		String formattedStatus = GitLabelProvider.formatBranchTrackingStatus(status);
+		return formattedStatus;
+	}
 }