List most recently touched GIT branches

git_latest.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Note: this only works in 256bit color terminal
# http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/15/Xterm_256color_chart.svg

rs="\e[0m"
dc="\e[38;5;227m"
cc="\e[38;5;051m"

git for-each-ref --sort=-committerdate refs/heads --format="%(committerdate:short) %(refname:short)" | \
while read line; do
    ts=`echo $line | cut -d' ' -f1`
    cm=`echo $line | cut -d' ' -f2`
    #echo -e "\e[38;5;32m$ts\t\e[0m\e[38;5;155m$cm\e[0m"
    echo -e "$rs$dc$ts $cc$cm$rs"
done