agreed re: #7, heres another project I use that just does that: https://github.com/paulirish/git-recent
git for-each-ref --sort=-committerdate refs/heads/
git for-each-ref --sort=-committerdate refs/heads/ --format='%(HEAD) %(color:yellow)%(refname:short)%(color:reset) - %(color:red)%(objectname:short)%(color:reset) - %(contents:subject) - %(color:cyan)%(authorname)%(color:reset) (%(color:green)%(committerdate:relative)%(color:reset))'