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Delete all local tracking git branches for which the origin remote branches have been deleted
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git-delete-local-branches.sh
git for-each-ref --format='%(refname:short)' refs/heads/* | while read branch; do BRANCH_EXISTS=$( git ls-remote --heads origin $branch | wc -l ); if [ $BRANCH_EXISTS -eq 0 ]; then git branch -D $branch; fi;done
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