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Delete all redundant git branches
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safe--git-branch-delete.sh
# Delete all redundant git branches
# 1. `git branch` lists all the branches
# 2. `xargs -L1` consumes the pipe output one line at a time, feeding it as an an arg to the target command
# 3. `git branch -d` deletes the branches that are redundant (already merged).
# Note: this print results for each branch, either
# saying it's deleted or that you need to use -D to delete it because it's not redundant.
git branch | xargs -L1 git branch -d
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