git-recent

recent() {
    refbranch=$1
    count=$2

    git \
        for-each-ref \
        --sort=-committerdate \
        refs/heads \
        --format='%(refname:short)|%(HEAD)%(color:yellow)%(refname:short)|%(color:bold green)%(committerdate:relative)|%(color:blue)%(subject)|%(color:magenta)%(authorname)%(color:reset)' \
        --color=always \
        --count=${count:-20} | \
        while read line; do
            branch=$(echo "$line" | awk 'BEGIN { FS = "|" }; { print $1 }' | tr -d '*')
            ahead=$(git rev-list --count "${refbranch:-origin/dev}..${branch}")
            behind=$(git rev-list --count "${branch}..${refbranch:-origin/dev}")
            colorline=$(echo "$line" | sed 's/^[^|]*|//')

            echo "$ahead|$behind|$colorline" | \
                awk -F'|' -vOFS='|' '{$5=substr($5,1,70)}1';
        done | \
            ( echo -e "ahead|behind||branch|lastcommit|message|author\n" && cat) | \
            strip.pl |\
            tr '|' ',' | \
            tr -s ',' |
            xsv table
            # column -ts'|';
}


recent $@