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Remove merged remote branches in repository.
#!/bin/sh
# Taken from and modified
# http://devblog.springest.com/a-script-to-remove-old-git-branches/
echo "The following remote branches are fully merged into master and will be removed:"
git branch -r --merged master | sed 's/ *origin\///' | grep -v 'master$'
read -p "Continue (y/n)?"
if [ "$REPLY" == "y" ] ; then # Remove remote fully merged branches
git branch -r --merged master | sed 's/ *origin\///' | grep -v 'master$' | xargs -I % git push origin --delete %
echo "Done!"
# Mac only: say “Obsolete branches are removed”
fi
# to remove your local branches that were removed from remote
# git remote prune origin
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