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Archive a Branch

  1. Switch to the main branch:

    git checkout master

  2. Tag the branch and push to origin:

    git tag archive/some-old-branch some-old-branch
git push --tags

  3. Delete the local and remote branch:

    git branch -d some-old-branch
git push origin :some-old-branch

  4. Bonus: To restore a branch from an archive tag:

    git checkout -b restored-branch archive/some-old-branch

Sort Branches by Last Commit Date

git branch --sort=committerdate
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