Bash script to output a list of git branches sorted by last commit date, include last commit author's name.

branches.sh

#!/bin/bash
 
$(git fetch --prune)
 
for branch in $(git branch -r); do
  if ([ "$branch" == "origin/HEAD" ] || [ "$branch" == "origin/master" ] || [ "$branch" == "origin/develop" ] || [ "$branch" == "->" ] || [[ "$branch" =~ origin\/[0-9]+\.[0-9](\.[0-9])?$ ]]); then
    continue
  fi
  printf "$(git log $branch -n1 --pretty=format:"%an (%ad): $branch" --date=short)\n";
done | sort

added filter to remove release branches in the form: origin/X.Y(.Z)

added filter to remove 'develop' branch and origin/XX.Y(.Z) release branches