Problem
I build an app and use git branches.
Branches sum up, I don't know which branches are already merged into master and I lose overview.
git branch
Solution (Linux)
I need a command that checks if a branch is merged into master and if it is merged, it should get deleted locally.
git checkout master
(or whatever branch you want to compare to)git branch --merged | egrep -v "(^\*|master|dev)" | xargs git branch -d
Explanation
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git branch --merged
: List all branches whose tips are reachable from the specified commit (HEAD if not specified). -
egrep -v "(^\*|master|dev)"
: Search for all lines that do not start with*
(= the current branch), or don't havemaster
ordev
in it. -
xargs git branch -d
: Execute the command to delete all found branches from step 2.
Top comments (5)
Add it as an alias in your
~/.gitconfig
:Great idea!
Hey, is this a post with a solution? Do you have a complete script?
Hey,
there is the
Solution (Linux)
-section with the two-step solution.For Windows, there is a link in the
Further Reading
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