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Better Git Branch output
#!/bin/bash
# Colors
RED='\033[0;31m'
GREEN='\033[0;32m'
NO_COLOR='\033[0m'
BLUE='\033[0;34m'
YELLOW='\033[0;33m'
NO_COLOR='\033[0m'
width1=5
width2=6
width3=30
width4=20
width5=40
# Function to count commits
count_commits() {
local branch="$1"
local base_branch="$2"
local ahead_behind
ahead_behind=$(git rev-list --left-right --count "$base_branch"..."$branch")
echo "$ahead_behind"
}
# Main script
main_branch=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
printf "${GREEN}%-${width1}s ${RED}%-${width2}s ${BLUE}%-${width3}s ${YELLOW}%-${width4}s ${NO_COLOR}%-${width5}s\n" "Ahead" "Behind" "Branch" "Last Commit" " "
# Separator line for clarity
printf "${GREEN}%-${width1}s ${RED}%-${width2}s ${BLUE}%-${width3}s ${YELLOW}%-${width4}s ${NO_COLOR}%-${width5}s\n" "-----" "------" "------------------------------" "-------------------" " "
format_string="%(objectname:short)@%(refname:short)@%(committerdate:relative)"
IFS=$'\n'
for branchdata in $(git for-each-ref --sort=-authordate --format="$format_string" refs/heads/ --no-merged); do
sha=$(echo "$branchdata" | cut -d '@' -f1)
branch=$(echo "$branchdata" | cut -d '@' -f2)
time=$(echo "$branchdata" | cut -d '@' -f3)
if [ "$branch" != "$main_branch" ]; then
# Get branch description
description=$(git config branch."$branch".description)
# Count commits ahead and behind
ahead_behind=$(count_commits "$sha" "$main_branch")
ahead=$(echo "$ahead_behind" | cut -f2)
behind=$(echo "$ahead_behind" | cut -f1)
# Display branch info
printf "${GREEN}%-${width1}s ${RED}%-${width2}s ${BLUE}%-${width3}s ${YELLOW}%-${width4}s ${NO_COLOR}%-${width5}s\n" $ahead $behind $branch "$time" "$description"
fi
done
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