git-recent
v2.0.1
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List recent git branches, select one for checkout. See branch commits and diffs, all formatted so fancy
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git recent
Speedily browse your latest local git branches, checkout
with Enter. Also view branches unique commits, and optionally the diff against main.
git recent
now offers an interactive UI (thx to fzf) for browsing recent branches, seeing differences, and checkout
'ing your selection.
See a diff of your branch vs main with ctrl-o
. If you have delta it'll use that for formatting, but will fallback, too.
If you're like me, mostly using classic git commands, then git recent
provides a nice upgrade for browsing/selecting recent branches. But if you're a TUI fan using git-fuzzy, lazygit
or tig
or fzf-git
, well… this probably isn't an upgrade. :p (But you can certainly read the source quickly!)
Installation
fzf
is required for 2.0. TBH, it's a fantastic tool; those shell key bindings are delightful. That said, if you're dependency-averse, the older version below, git recent-og
, may be for you.
- Mac:
brew install fzf
- Linux:
sudo apt-get install fzf
- Windows:
choco install fzf
Then, do one of these:
- Manual: Grab the
git-recent
script from this repo and put it anywhere in your$PATH
. Runchmod +x git-recent
. - Via NPM:
npm install --global git-recent
- ~Homebrew:
brew install git-recent
~ (Coming soon! Updated for 2.0)
Usage
git recent
Hit Enter
to checkout the selected branch.
Type or use arrow keys to navigate your list of branches.
Hit ctrl-o
to see the branch diff.
git recent-og
git recent-og
is the OG git recent
, released back in 2016. Now it's been renamed to git recent-og
.
git recent-og
Optionally, add -n<int>
to see the most recent <n>
branches
git recent-og -n5
If you're a Windows user, you need to use Git Bash or similar shell in order to effectively use this utility.
Installation
You can download/clone and add the git-recent
directory to your path (e.g. add the directory to your PATH
environment
or copy git-recent-og
script into an existing included path like /usr/local/bin
or ~/bin/
).
You can use also npm
to install the global binary:
npm install --global git-recent
On Mac, you can install with homebrew:
brew install git-recent
If you like this you may also be interested in...
git open
- Open the repo website in your browserdiff-so-fancy
- Making the output ofgit diff
so fancy
License
Copyright Paul Irish. Licensed under MIT.
Changelog
- 2025-02 - 2.0 upgrade with fzf integration. 1.0 binary is now available as
git recent-og
. - 2019-06 - Last bugfix for 1.0 landed. Been stable since then.
- 2018-10 - Added count
-n
parameter - 2016-08 - released in standalone repo and published to npm
- 2016-05 - added to paulirish/dotfiles