Arrows in branch window on smartgit

Question

I'm a Smartgit user and I don't understand what the little right arrows in the "Branches" window mean. They point to branches, but only to some of them.

I attach a screenshot. The arrows I'm referring to are circled in red.

Thanks.

Screenshot of Smartgit UI:

Answer 1

The filled-in triangle is your currently checked-out branch.

The empty triangles are local branches that have not yet been pushed to an upstream repository (eg: git push --set-upstream origin branch-name). They server as a nice little warning that some of your work is only available locally: use caution when deleting.