Find Out Who Created a Branch
Sometimes it is usefull to find out who created a given branch.
Well first pull everything.
The output the branches and creators:
$ git for-each-ref --format='%(committerdate) %09 %(authorname) %09 %(refname)'
Thu Dec 5 20:20:54 2019 +0100 jonasbn refs/heads/master
Thu Dec 5 20:20:54 2019 +0100 jonasbn refs/remotes/origin/HEAD
Thu Dec 5 20:20:54 2019 +0100 jonasbn refs/remotes/origin/master
The StackOverflow response (below), which led me to this even uses sorting:
$ git for-each-ref --format='%(committerdate) %09 %(authorname) %09 %(refname)' --sort=committerdate
Thu Dec 5 20:20:54 2019 +0100 jonasbn refs/heads/master
Thu Dec 5 20:20:54 2019 +0100 jonasbn refs/remotes/origin/HEAD
Thu Dec 5 20:20:54 2019 +0100 jonasbn refs/remotes/origin/master
Not so interesting in this example, but you get the picture.
To get back to the original question, how do I see the author of a specific branch. Use the above in combination with a grep-like tool.
$ git for-each-ref --format='%(committerdate) %09 %(authorname) %09 %(refname)' | ag master
Thu Dec 5 20:20:54 2019 +0100 jonasbn refs/heads/master
Thu Dec 5 20:20:54 2019 +0100 jonasbn refs/remotes/origin/master