cleanup_git_branches
remove unused git branches with one command
Usage | Installation | Annotated source | License
Usage
Simply launch the following command in a git repo
cleanup_git_branches
Installation
Both zsh and bash shell are supported.
Just copy and paste the cleanup_git_branches function below in your shell profile or (assuming you are using zsh) do something like
mkdir -p ~/.shell
cd ~/.shell
git clone https://github.com/fibo/cleanup_git_branches.git
echo "source ~/.shell/cleanup_git_branches/fun.sh" >> ~/.zshrc
Annotated source
Create a cleanup_git_branches function
cleanup_git_branches() {
DEFAULT_BRANCH=`basename $(git symbolic-ref refs/remotes/origin/HEAD)`
Remove local branches (excluding main branch) that are already merged
git switch $DEFAULT_BRANCH
git branch --merged | grep -v $DEFAULT_BRANCH | while read branch
do
git branch -d $branch
done
Remove local branches with no remote reference
git fetch -p
for BRANCH_NAME in $(git branch -vv | grep '\[gone\]' | awk '{print $1}')
do
git branch -D $BRANCH_NAME
done
}