Another git recent command to see your recently checked out files. It can also switch if you give a number argument.

git-recent

#!/usr/bin/env bash

# Copyright (c) 2023 Will Bender. All rights reserved.
#
# This work is licensed under the terms of the MIT license.  
# For a copy, see <https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>.

# See most recently checked out branches and easily switch to one

NUMBER=5 # Max branches to echo in list

OPTS=$(getopt -o n:h --long help -- "$@") || { echo "Failed parsing options." >&2; exit 1; }
eval set -- "$OPTS"
while true; do
    case "$1" in
    -h | --help)
        echo "Usage: git recent [branchNum] [-n listLength] [-h]"
        echo "git recent         Lists last $NUMBER checked out branches"
        echo "git recent -n 10   Lists last 10 checked out branches"
        echo "git recent 2       Checks out the 2nd most recent branch"
        exit ;;
    -n) NUMBER=$2; shift 2; ;;
    --) shift; break; ;;
    *) break ;;
    esac
done

current_branch="$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)"

function recent_cmd() {
    git reflog | grep -Eio 'moving from ([^[:space:]]+)' | awk '{ print $3 }' | awk ' !x[$0]++' |
        grep -Ev '^[a-f0-9]{40}$' | grep -Ev '^master$' | grep -Ev "^$current_branch$" | head -n "$NUMBER" | awk '{print NR  " " $s}'
}

if [ -z "$1" ]; then
    #print currently checked out branch
    printf "* \e[0;32m%s\e[0m\n" "$current_branch"
    recent_cmd
else
    #checkout branch from list
    recent_cmd | grep -Po "(?<=^$1 ).*" | xargs git checkout
fi