git recent-branches alias - list local branches with recent commits

recent-branches.sh

#!/bin/sh
# Install with:
#   curl -fsSL https://gist.githubusercontent.com/smuuf/fbbaed181e25593532cf57ad1b95b97d/raw/recent-branches.sh | sh

ALIAS='!r() {
  refbranch=${1:-origin/main}; count=${2:-20};
  git for-each-ref --sort=-committerdate refs/heads --count=${count} --color \
    --format="%(refname:short)|%(HEAD)%(color:yellow)%(refname:short)|%(color:bold green)%(committerdate:relative)|%(color:blue)|%(subject)|%(color:magenta)%(authorname)|%(color:reset)" \
  | while IFS="|" read -r branch rest; do
    branch=$(echo "$branch" | tr -d "* ");
    ahead=$(git rev-list --count "${refbranch}..${branch}" 2>/dev/null || echo "?");
    behind=$(git rev-list --count "${branch}..${refbranch}" 2>/dev/null || echo "?");
    echo "$ahead|$behind|$rest";
  done \
  | column -t -s"|" -R1,2,4 -T6 -N"+,-, branch,lastcommit, ,message,author";
}; r'

git config --global alias.recent-branches "$ALIAS"
echo "✓ git recent-branches installed"