gb.sh

# Like "git branch", but also show colorized (and aligned!) branch descriptions.
# Git branch descriptions can be created using "git branch --edit-description".
gb() {
  maxlen=0
  branches=$(git for-each-ref --format='%(refname)' refs/heads/ | sed 's|refs/heads/||')
  for branch in $branches; do
    len=${#branch}
    if [ "$len" -gt "$maxlen" ]; then
      maxlen="$len"
    fi
  done
  current="$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)"
  for branch in $branches; do
    len=${#branch}
    desc=$(git config branch."$branch".description | head -n 1)
    if [ "$branch" = "$current" ]; then
      branch="* \033[0;32m$branch\033[0m"
    else
      branch="  $branch"
    fi
    if [ -n "$desc" ]; then
      branch="$branch$(printf "%*s" $((maxlen + 5 - len)) "")\033[0;36m$desc\033[0m"
    fi
    echo -e "$branch"
  done
}