git-nuke: Delete remote and local branch

git-nuke

#!/usr/bin/env bash
# a variation on https://twitter.com/r00k/status/1057657001013100544
function git-nuke() {
  local local_branch="$1"
  local upstream="$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref "$local_branch"'@{upstream}')"
  if [[ -n "$upstream" ]]; then
    IFS=/ read remote_repo remote_branch <<<"$upstream"
    git push "$remote_repo" --delete "$remote_branch" && git branch -D "$local_branch"
  else
    exit 1
  fi
}

git-nuke "$1"