git-activity.sh

#!/bin/bash

set -e

GIT_OPTS="--max-count=10"

commit_id_format=$(tput setaf 3)
date_format=$(tput setaf 4)
author_format=$(tput setaf 2)
ref_name_format=$(tput setaf 1)
reset=$(tput sgr0)

function usage() {
    echo ""
    echo "git activity [-c|--count <number>] [--no-color] [--fetch]"
    echo ""
    echo "  List commit logs sorted by commit date."
    echo ""
    echo "OPTIONS"
    echo "  --fetch"
    echo "      Fetch download objects and refs from all the remotes that are configured."
    echo "  --no-color"
    echo "      Turn off colored output."
    echo "  --c | --count <number>"
    echo "      Limit the output to <number> of entries."
}

# actually parse the options and do stuff
while [[ $1 = -?* ]]; do
    case $1 in
        -h|--help)
            usage
            exit 0
            ;;
        --fetch)
            echo "Fetch updates"
            git fetch -q
            ;;
        -c|--count)
            shift
            limit=${1-"10"}
            GIT_OPTS="--max-count=${limit}"
            ;;
        --no-color|--no-colour)
            commit_id_format=""
            date_format=""
            author_format=""
            ref_name_format=""
            reset=""
            ;;
        *) ;;
    esac

shift
done

# Use newline as a field separator
IFS=$(echo -en "\n\b")

for line in $(git --no-pager log --format="%ar|%h|%an|%s|%d" ${GIT_OPTS}); do
    fields=(`echo $line | tr "|" "\n"`)
    printf "${date_format}%15s${reset} ${commit_id_format}%s${reset} - ${author_format}[%s]${reset} %s${ref_name_format}%s\n" ${fields[*]}
done