Prints the branches with the most recent commits

git-recent

#!/bin/bash
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usage () {
printf "%s" "\
usage: git recent [-r remote] [count]

  Prints the branches with the most recent commits.

options:

  -r        remote name
  -h        prints help

"
}
args=""
while [ $OPTIND -le $# ]
do
  if getopts "r:h" option
  then
    case $option in
      (r) remote=$OPTARG ;;
      (h) usage
          exit 0 ;;
      (*) usage | head -n 1
          exit 2 ;;
    esac
  else
    args="$args \"\${$OPTIND}\"" 
    OPTIND=$(($OPTIND + 1))
  fi
done
eval set -- "$args"
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count=${1:-10}
pattern=${remote:+refs/remotes/}${remote}
pattern=${pattern:-refs/heads/}

git for-each-ref --count=${count} --sort='-committerdate:iso8601' \
  --format="%(committerdate:iso8601) %(refname:short)" ${pattern}