schacon · January 13, 2024 18:41 · Jan 13, 2024
diff --git a/better-git-branch.sh b/better-git-branch.sh
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+#!/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
+