Sort branches by last commit date

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asb•about 2 hours ago

Even better (IMHO!) is `git config branch.sort -committerdate` (note the `-`). This will sort newest committer date first.

pkaodev•about 2 hours ago

I have this as an alias in my .zshrc!! Very handy

metmac•37 minutes ago

Huge fan of `git recent` [0] for this purpose.

[0] - https://github.com/paulirish/git-recent

metmac•36 minutes ago

Spoiler it’s fzf under the hood. But it’s perfect and simple.

tomtom1337•40 minutes ago

I love this little fzf bash function that I wrote a few years ago: https://gist.github.com/thomasaarholt/141df779f3f16b641701b4...

It opens a fuzzy finder window showing the branches you have in the repo, sorted by recency. Also shows the latest committer and the date. Hit enter on the one you want to swap to it.

ComputerGuru•about 1 hour ago

FYI/fwiw Fish shell autocompletes branches sorted by last commit date when writing out git commands. It also provides completions for commitish objects grouped by class, giving precedence to the usual targets first, with each group sorted by its own sort key. Handy!

zahlman•about 1 hour ago

How many branches would you need to have to make this worthwhile?

jamietanna•about 1 hour ago

At any time I'm working across 5-30 branches (some when I'm reviewing other folks' code) so it's handy to see my latest branches

woodruffw•40 minutes ago

I've seen monorepos with over 10k active branches. But even at a smaller scale (10-100 branches), it becomes useful when manually stacking and/or rebasing, especially if you have a smaller terminal.

monster_truck•44 minutes ago

I just click on tower and open it, much better

woodruffw•30 minutes ago

Another useful one if you have a large number of tags and want to see the most recently created ones first:

    git config --global tag.sort -creatordate

(`-creatordate` reverses the sort so that the newest come first.)

bewareofscams•about 2 hours ago

Or just have `jj log` custom-configured.

Sort branches by last commit date

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