Github-like working directory history

git-working-history

#!/bin/bash

FILES=`git ls-tree --name-only HEAD .`
MAXLEN=0
IFS=$(echo -en "\n\b")
for f in $FILES; do
    if [ ${#f} -gt $MAXLEN ]; then
        MAXLEN=${#f}
    fi
done
for f in $FILES; do
    str=$(git log -1 --pretty=format:"%C(green)%cr%Creset %x09 %C(cyan)%h%Creset %s %C(yellow)(%cn)%Creset" $f)
    printf "%-${MAXLEN}s -- %s\n" "$f" "$str"
done

change /bin/bash to /bin/sh for portability
change echo -en to printf for portability and functionality (most echo implementations don't support -e)
change the use of backticks to $() to be consistent.