Discussion on: Git: How to delete all local branches except master

[Andrei Fedotov]

Hi,

I've just checked it again in PowerShell and everything works. I made a quick check like:
git init
git branch new
git branch new2
git branch new3
git branch new4
git branch | grep -v "master" | xargs git branch -D


Just to confirm, are you sure that you installed Gow utilities, input the command correctly and that you are in master branch?

[Vladislav Nagornyi]

It's the PS script which gives this error, as the git branch prefixes selected branch with asterisk:

❯ git branch |`
  %{ $_.Trim() } |`
  ?{ $_ -ne 'master' } |`
  %{ git branch -D $_ }

Deleted branch <branch1> (was <commit1>).
error: branch '* master' not found.

Could be addressed e.g. by adding check for * master:

git branch |`
  %{ $_.Trim() } |`
  ?{ $_ -ne 'master' -and $_ -ne '* master' } |`
  %{ git branch -D $_ }