How to sort branches based on last activity?
git branch --sort=-committerdate --format="%(committerdate:relative)%09%(refname:short)"
To sort branches based on last activity use git branch --sort=-committerdate --format="%(committerdate:relative)%09%(refname:short)".
We recommend to create an alias for long commands like this. Originally by Aaron Patterson.
git branch --sort=-committerdate --format="%(committerdate:relative)%09%(refname:short)"
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git config --global alias.recent 'branch --sort=-committerdate --format="%(committerdate:relative)%09%(refname:short)"'
See git branch to learn more about it.