clean-git-branch

#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

# This script helps removing Git branches.
# Run it from a git repo dir. It will open the Git branches list
# in your favorite editor. Delete some branches from the list.
# Save and close the file. The script applies the changes to the repo.

from subprocess import call, Popen, PIPE
from os import getenv
import re

# configure commands used in this script
editor_command = getenv('EDITOR')
branch_command = 'git branch -a'
mktemp_command = 'mktemp'


def is_remote(branch):
    return branch.startswith('remotes/')


# takes 'git branch' output and returns a set of branches
def branches_to_list(text):
    branches = set()
    for branch in re.split('\n', text):
        branch = re.sub(' .+', '', branch.lstrip());
        if branch is not '':
            branches.add(branch)
    return branches


# create a temp file
tmp_file = Popen(mktemp_command, stdout=PIPE).communicate()[0].decode().rstrip()


# write git branches to the temp file
call('%s > %s' % (branch_command, tmp_file), shell=True)


# get original branches
original_branches = branches_to_list(open(tmp_file, 'r').read())


# edit the temp file with the editor command
call('%s %s' % (editor_command, tmp_file), shell=True)


# get new branches
new_branches = branches_to_list(open(tmp_file, 'r').read())


# adding and renaming branches is not supported
if(new_branches.difference(original_branches)):
    exit('Aborting! Do not add or rename branches, just remove them.')


# remove branches with Git
for branch in original_branches.difference(new_branches):
    if is_remote(branch):
        branch = branch.lstrip('remotes/')
        pushable = re.sub('/', ' :', branch)
        call('git push %s' % pushable, shell=True)
    else:
        call('git branch -D %s' % branch, shell=True)