This script enhances git log by automatically fetching and displaying the GitHub Actions (CI) status for your most recent commits.

git-log-status.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash
# Requirements: GitHub CLI (gh) configured with access to the repository

set -euo pipefail

# Default branch is 'master' if not provided
BRANCH=${1:-master}

# Detect remote URL for origin or fallback to first remote
REMOTE_URL=$(git remote get-url origin 2>/dev/null || git remote get-url "$(git remote | head -n1)" 2>/dev/null || true)
if [[ -z "${REMOTE_URL:-}" ]]; then
  echo "Error: Could not detect Git remote URL." >&2
  exit 1
fi

# Parse OWNER and REPO from GitHub remote URL (optional .git suffix)
if [[ "$REMOTE_URL" =~ github.com[:/]([^/]+)/([^/]+)(\.git)?$ ]]; then
  OWNER="${BASH_REMATCH[1]}"
  REPO="${BASH_REMATCH[2]}"
  REPO="${REPO%.git}"
else
  echo "Error: Remote URL is not a recognized GitHub URL." >&2
  exit 1
fi

# Fetch latest commits from remote branch
git fetch origin "$BRANCH" --quiet

echo "$REPO"

# Build a format with: <plain SHA><TAB><colored pretty message>
# Use %x09 for a literal TAB (portable) so we can split safely.
FORMAT='%H%x09%Cred%h%Creset -%C(auto)%d%Creset %s %Cgreen(%ad) %C(bold blue)<%an>%Creset'

echo
echo "Commit status for $OWNER/$REPO ($BRANCH):"
echo "-----------------------------------------"

git log "origin/$BRANCH" --color=always --pretty="$FORMAT" -n 15 |
while IFS=$'\t' read -r SHA MESSAGE; do
  # Query GitHub check runs for this commit
  CHECK_CONCLUSIONS=$(gh api "/repos/$OWNER/$REPO/commits/$SHA/check-runs" --jq '.check_runs[].conclusion' 2>/dev/null || true)

  ICON="❔"
  if [[ -z "$CHECK_CONCLUSIONS" ]]; then
    ICON="🕓"
  elif echo "$CHECK_CONCLUSIONS" | grep -qE 'failure|timed_out|action_required'; then
    ICON="❌"
  elif echo "$CHECK_CONCLUSIONS" | grep -q 'cancelled'; then
    ICON="🚫"
  elif echo "$CHECK_CONCLUSIONS" | grep -q 'success'; then
    ICON="✅"
  else
    ICON="🕓"
  fi

  echo "$ICON  $MESSAGE"
done

echo