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Now you can call it via git command: $ git both-merged This snippet shows only local merged branches, which have appropriate remote merged branches: $ comm -12 <(git branch -merged|awk '')ĭon’t forget to make it executable( chmod 755 git-both-merged), and you can also make a git alias for this script. Usually, it’s simple to remove local and appropriate remote branches at once. Tip for Github usersĪfter the last Github update, Branches page is divided into “Your branches”, “Active branches” and “Stale branches”, and it shows same information as previous commands. This list should be reviewed more thoroughly to avoid losing important commits. Similar snippet for not merged branches: $ for branch in `git branch -r -no-merged | grep -v HEAD` do echo -e `git show -format="%ci %cr %an" $branch | head -n 1` \\t$branch done | sort -r Now, you can delete own remote branches, and ask other authors to clean-up theirs: $ git push origin -delete branch-name This magic snippet provides all required information: $ for branch in `git branch -r -merged | grep -v HEAD` do echo -e `git show -format="%ci %cr %an" $branch | head -n 1` \\t$branch done | sort -r Would be cool to know last commit date and author. What if this branch is merged, but still used for feature development.

Usually, remote repository is a big garbage heap of stale branches, if there is no responsible housekeeping person.Īfter previous git remote prune origin we should have synched list of remote branches.Īt first, we can find branches which are already merged in “master”: $ git checkout masterīut this command does not provide much information. From Command Line git checkout master git branch -D mybranch git push origin -delete mybranch Enter passphrase for key /home/vhu/.ssh/github/idrsa.

d flag in the above command represents -delete and. List referenced remote branches: $ git branch -rĬlean-up outdated references: $ git remote prune originĪnd Git automatically prunes all stale references. Deleting a single git branch on local can be done with a single command. First push up the placeholder branch: git checkout placeholder if. If some of them is just abandoned stuff that you don’t need anymore, remove it with “-D” option: $ git branch -D old-abandoned-featureĪfter each git pull or git fetch command Git creates references to remote branches in local repository, but doesn’t clean up stale references. So we first have to make github look at our placeholder branch instead, then delete master.

git branch -D The -d option is an alias for -delete, which only deletes the branch if it has already been fully merged in its upstream branch.

Now, remove all outdated branches with: $ git branch -d old-merged-feature We need to know what branches are already merged in “master” and can be easily removed: $ git checkout master gitconfig Local branchesĪt first, list all local branches: $ git branch