Lost in a sea of local branches? `--sort` might help!

Written in 2022, 4 years ago. Tools and advice may have moved on since.

If you are like me, never really cleaning up your local Git branches, you might feel a little lost when coming back to a project.

But I have a handy tip for us:

git branch --sort=-committerdate  # DESC

Sorting branches by the last commit date are super duper handy; you can even flip it around and get a list of the branches we maybe should stop hoarding.

git branch --sort=committerdate  # ASC

 
All the best,
Queen Raae

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