From e373059faeeb0835fde58b93f11b99931e8b8055 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tony Duckles <tony@nynim.org>
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2018 20:42:54 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] bin/git-branch-dates: Show git branches with dates, sort by
 commiterdate

---
 .gitconfig           |  2 +-
 bin/git-branch-dates | 19 ++++++++++++++-----
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.gitconfig b/.gitconfig
index 3a5ef17..c5914a7 100644
--- a/.gitconfig
+++ b/.gitconfig
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 	out          = !git-outgoing
 	# Branch helpers
 	bd           = !git-branch-dates
-	bv           = !git branch --color -vv
+	bv           = !git-branch-dates -v
 	cv           = !git-cherry-view
 	# Diff helpers
 	df           = diff
diff --git a/bin/git-branch-dates b/bin/git-branch-dates
index 7922302..a33fa00 100755
--- a/bin/git-branch-dates
+++ b/bin/git-branch-dates
@@ -1,8 +1,17 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-# Usage: git-brdate
+# Usage: git-branch-dates
 # Show git branches by date - useful for showing active branches
-# http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/view/2345/show-git-branches-by-date-useful-for-showing-active-branches
+# Inspired by:
+# - http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/view/2345/show-git-branches-by-date-useful-for-showing-active-branches
+# - https://stackoverflow.com/a/30076212
 
-for k in `git branch | perl -pe s/^..//`; do
-  echo -e `git show --pretty=format:"%Cgreen%ci %Cblue%cr%Creset" $k | head -n 1`\\t$k
-done | sort -r
+format='%(HEAD) %(color:green)%(refname:short)%(color:reset)|%(color:bold black)%(committerdate:relative)%(color:reset)'
+if [[ "$1" = "-v" || "$1" = "-vv" ]]; then
+    shift
+    format="$format"'|%(color:yellow)%(objectname:short)%(color:reset) %(contents:subject)'
+fi
+git branch \
+    --color=always \
+    --sort=-committerdate \
+    --format="$format" \
+    $* | column -ts'|'
-- 
2.45.2