An interactive version using fzf:

• First install fzf

brew install fzf

• Then add the alias to .gitconfig

recent = "!f() { branch=$(git for-each-ref --sort=-committerdate refs/heads --format='%(HEAD)%(refname:short)%09%(color:yellow)%(committerdate:relative)%09%(color:blue)%(subject)%09%(color:magenta)%(authorname)%(color:reset)' --color=always | column -ts$'\t' | fzf --ansi --delimiter=$'\t' --height=40% --reverse --prompt='Checkout> ' | cut -f1 | sed 's/^[* ]*//'); if [ -n \"$branch\" ]; then git checkout \"${branch%%[[:space:]]*}\"; fi; };

Now you can just run git recent, and scroll through recent refs using arrow keys, Enter to checkout the branch or Esc to exit the menu