#!/bin/bash
#
# Script for hands-free use of 'git show-branch', with the option of specifying
# unwanted refs by prefixing with ^ at the command line (syntax elsewhere
# permitted). Refs to be ignored permanently can be added to $sed_script below

# Main upstream branch
upstream="${upstream:-origin/master}"

# Refs pattern to always ignore
sed_script='
/.stgit$/d
'

# Process args
for i; do
  case "$i" in
    ^*)
    # Remove all refs at the comand line prefixed with ^
    sed_script="$sed_script;/$i/d"
    shift
    ;;
  esac
done

# Get short names of all head refs, sorted by committer date. Then filter
# through sed
refs="$(git for-each-ref --format='%(refname:short)' --sort='committerdate' refs/heads/\* | sed "$sed_script")"

set -x
git show-branch --sparse $upstream $refs $@

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