Git shortcut to checkout recent branches

If you have fzf Archive installed, you may add an alias such as this to your ~/.bashrc:

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alias recent-branch="git for-each-ref --sort=-committerdate --format='%(refname:short)' refs/heads/ |  fzf | sed 's/\* //g' | xargs -I '{}' git checkout {}"

Now whenever you want to switch back and forth between your most recent branches, type recent-branch, select one and press enter.

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