list branches based on modtime

gitd alias

Have you wished you could see your branches listed by how recently you
worked on them?  I often do.  I get lazy and end up with a lot of things
called 'test1...N' or sometimes when I'm working with other people, I
lose track of which branch is their version of a thing and which is my
version.

This handy shell alias (stick it in your ~/.bashrc) can help.  Thanks Jan!

{{{
alias gitd='git for-each-ref --format="%(committerdate:short):
%(refname)" --sort=committerdate refs/heads/'
}}}

For example:
$ gitd
2010-02-02: refs/heads/jrbl-fixing-tests
2010-02-09: refs/heads/new-beta-format
2010-02-09: refs/heads/new-beta-branch
2010-02-17: refs/heads/regression-tests
2010-02-17: refs/heads/config-local
2011-07-13: refs/heads/easy_search_fix
2011-07-13: refs/heads/master
2011-07-14: refs/heads/fix-773y-date-format
2011-07-19: refs/heads/test3
2011-07-19: refs/heads/test5
                      ^------this means test5 is my most recent