Sort branches by recent commited (#632)

GitSavvy.sublime-settings

@@ -134,6 +134,14 @@
         //   to use columns globally, --no-columns should be added here.
         // "branch": ["--no-columns"]
     },
+
+    /*
+    Prints branches sorted by recent commit (works with git 2.7.0+)
+    https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-branch.html
+    Change this to `true` to sort branches by recent.
+    Change this to `false` to sort branches by alphanumeric.
+     */
+    "sort_by_recent_in_branch_dashboard": false,
 
     /*
         Set this to `true` to display remotes in the branch dashboard by default.

core/git_mixins/branches.py

@@ -18,11 +18,11 @@
 
 class BranchesMixin():
 
-    def get_branches(self):
+    def get_branches(self, sort_by_recent=False):
         """
         Return a list of all local and remote branches.
         """
-        stdout = self.git("branch", "-a", "-vv", "--no-abbrev", "--no-color")
+        stdout = self.git("branch", "-a", "-vv", "--no-abbrev", "--no-color", "--sort=-committerdate" if sort_by_recent else None)
         return (branch
                 for branch in (self._parse_branch_line(self, line) for line in stdout.split("\n"))
                 if branch)

core/interfaces/branch.py

@@ -79,7 +79,10 @@ def title(self):
         return "BRANCHES: {}".format(os.path.basename(self.repo_path))
 
     def pre_render(self):
-        self._branches = tuple(self.get_branches())
+        savvy_settings = sublime.load_settings("GitSavvy.sublime-settings")
+        sort_by_recent = savvy_settings.get("sort_by_recent_in_branch_dashboard")
+        self._branches = tuple(self.get_branches(sort_by_recent))
+
 
     def on_new_dashboard(self):
         self.view.run_command("gs_branches_navigate_branch")