paulirish/git-recent

Health v2 · maintenance only

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1032 stars · 38 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

A small shell-based git subcommand that interactively lists your most recent local git branches using fzf, letting you checkout with Enter and preview branch diffs against main. It also includes a non-interactive 'git recent-og' variant for dependency-averse users.

Use cases

• quickly browse and switch between recent local git branches
• interactively checkout a branch with fzf
• view a diff of a branch against main before switching
• see a branch's unique commits
• handle branches already checked out in git worktrees

When to choose

• you use plain git commands and want a fast, lightweight branch switcher
• you already have fzf installed and want a simple interactive git helper
• you want a tiny single-script tool rather than a full TUI

When to avoid

• you already use lazygit, tig, git-fuzzy, or fzf-git for TUI git workflows
• you don't want to install fzf (though git recent-og works without it)
• you need remote branch management or advanced git features

Facets

cli-tool · maturity active

cli developer-tools version-control developer-tools version-control cli windows cross-platform git fzf branch-navigation shell-script interactive-ui command-line macos linux

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