--- title: Sorting Git branches | daily.dev description: Learn how to sort Git branches by the date of their last commit. canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/sorting-git-branches-cam529gk0 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Sorting Git branches | daily.dev og:description: Learn how to sort Git branches by the date of their last commit. og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/sorting-git-branches-cam529gk0 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/cam529Gk0.png og:image:alt: Sorting Git branches og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Sorting Git branches **[Cassidy's blog](https://daily.dev/sources/cassidoo)** · [@cassidoo](https://daily.dev/cassidoo) · 1 min read · 24 upvotes · 3 comments ## Summary Learn how to sort Git branches by the date of their last commit. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@soysarcasme** · 1 upvotes > Amazing post Cassidy 😁 **@allefsousa** · 0 upvotes > Great post Cassidy! **@aishwarygupta** · 0 upvotes > A good read 👍🏻 > '' git branch --sort=-committerdate '' -> will sort all of your branches by the date of their last commit! ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#git](https://daily.dev/tags/git), [#version-control](https://daily.dev/tags/version-control) [View this post on 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