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Created April 6, 2022 13:52
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Here’s a script that deletes branches that used to exist on the remote but no longer do
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delete-stale-local-branches.bash
git fetch -p && for branch in $(git for-each-ref --format '%(refname) %(upstream:track)' refs/heads | awk '$2 == "[gone]" {sub("refs/heads/", "", $1); print $1}'); do git branch -D $branch; done
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