bin/git-branch-dates

   1 #!/bin/bash
   2 # Usage: git-branch-dates
   3 # Show git branches by date - useful for showing active branches
   4 # Inspired by:
   5 # - http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/view/2345/show-git-branches-by-date-useful-for-showing-active-branches
   6 # - https://stackoverflow.com/a/30076212
   7
   8 format='%(HEAD) %(color:green)%(refname:short)%(color:reset)|%(color:bold black)%(committerdate:relative)%(color:reset)'
   9 if [[ "$1" = "-v" || "$1" = "-vv" ]]; then
  10     shift
  11     format="$format"'|%(color:yellow)%(objectname:short)%(color:reset) %(contents:subject)'
  12 fi
  13
  14 # For the `cut`-based line truncation handling below, since `cut` works based
  15 # on chars/bytes and since the `git branch` will contain SGR escape sequences
  16 # for coloring, predict how many "extra" bytes will be in each line due to the
  17 # coloring in the `format` defined above.
  18 extra_color_len=26
  19
  20 git branch \
  21     --color=always \
  22     --sort=-committerdate \
  23     --format="$format" \
  24     $* \
  25     | column -ts'|' \
  26     | cut -c 1-$(expr $(tput cols) + $extra_color_len)