Sort branches by last commit date

(ryangreenberg.com)

42 points | by speckx 5 days ago

8 comments

  • asb 2 hours ago
    Even better (IMHO!) is `git config branch.sort -committerdate` (note the `-`). This will sort newest committer date first.
    • pkaodev 2 hours ago
      I have this as an alias in my .zshrc!! Very handy
  • metmac 54 minutes ago
    Huge fan of `git recent` [0] for this purpose.

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

    • metmac 53 minutes ago
      Spoiler it’s fzf under the hood. But it’s perfect and simple.
  • ComputerGuru 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!
  • tomtom1337 56 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.

  • zahlman 1 hour ago
    How many branches would you need to have to make this worthwhile?
    • jamietanna 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 57 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 1 hour ago
    I just click on tower and open it, much better
  • woodruffw 47 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 1 hour ago
    Or just have `jj log` custom-configured.