1.8.0

What's new

• git b ~N checks out the Nth previously checked-out branch (~1 is the last, ~2 the second-to-last, etc.)
• git b - now uses the same checkout stack as ~1

Install

brew update && brew upgrade git-b

1.7.0

What's new

• git b - switches to the previous branch (git checkout -)
• README: git alias setup moved earlier in the install section

Install

brew update && brew upgrade git-b

1.6.0

What's new

• Aligned columns — branch name, short hash, and commit subject line up across rows in the picker
• Colored picker (from 1.5.0) — configurable via ~/.git-b/config.toml

Install

brew update && brew upgrade git-b

macOS tarballs attached. Linux: build from source or use a prior Linux release.

1.5.0

What's new

• Colored picker — branch name, short hash, and commit subject render in separate colors
• Config file — set colors in ~/.git-b/config.toml under [colors]
• CLI overrides — --no-color and --color NAME:HASH:SUBJECT for one-off runs

Install

brew update && brew upgrade git-b

macOS tarballs are attached below. Linux builds are available from prior releases or can be built from source.

Improved selection algorithm

git b <branch-name> now heavily prioritizes matches to the branch name over commit details, and also weights exact matches higher than inexact ones.

Add Man page to release

Release 1.3.1

Man page generation, shared git-b-cli crate, man page in release archives,
and --skip-linux build option.

Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>

Add fuzzy switch and -b branch creation

This release comes with 2 new features:

1. git b <branch-name> now will switch to the closest matching branch to <branch-name>
2. git b -b <branch-name> creates a branch called <branch-name> if it doesn't exist

Sort branches by most recent

1.2.0

1.2.0

Add commit message and description to branch listing

1.1.0

1.1.0

git b

🅱️ lets you search branch names with a fuzzy finder

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Installation instructions (mac):

brew tap jharrilim/git-b
brew install git-b

This can be used as git-b, but you may also alias it to git b by doing:

git config --global alias.b '!git-b'