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Git: Delete merged branches

miku86 on January 10, 2020

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 ove...
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Maroun Maroun •

Add it as an alias in your ~/.gitconfig:

[alias]
    delete-merged = git branch --merged | egrep -v "(^\*|master|dev)" | xargs git branch -d
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miku86 •

Great idea!

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ThinkDigitalSoftware •

Hey, is this a post with a solution? Do you have a complete script?

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miku86 •

Hey,

there is the Solution (Linux)-section with the two-step solution.
For Windows, there is a link in the Further Reading-section