cleanup all git tags

cleanup-tags.sh

#!/bin/bash

# This script will delete *all* local and remote tags from any git repo you run
# it in starting with "release"
#
# This script will not delete branches; just tags.

set -e

REMOTE='origin'

# Requires git 1.7.+


# Verify that the remote is actually GitHub.
#if [ `git remote show $REMOTE | grep github.com | wc -l` == "0" ]; then
#    echo "The '$REMOTE' remote doesn't appear to be GitHub. Please edit"
#    echo "this script and set the REMOTE variable at the top to the name of"
#    echo "your git remote that points to GitHub."
#    echo
#    exit 1
#fi

echo "--> Cleaning up tags"

# First, delete all old local tags.
git tag -d `git tag | grep "^[release]" | xargs`

# Now fetch all remote tags so we'll know which ones to delete.
git fetch --tags $REMOTE
tags=`git tag | grep "^[^v]" | xargs`

# Delete all old remote tags.
if [ "$tags" != "" ]; then
    git push -v --delete $REMOTE $tags
fi

# Re-delete all old local tags.
git tag -d $tags

echo "--> Done"