Simple local/remote git branch deletion alias

.bashrc

git-delete-func() {
    # do basic pattern matching to prevent command injection (or mistakes)...
    # note: this pattern is just a character-set based on my standard branches - it could be better =P
    pattern="a-zA-Z0-9/._-"
    if [[ $1 =~ [^$pattern] ]]; then
        echo -e "invalid branch pattern\n";
        return 1;
    fi;

    # verify the branch exists
    if [ -z "`git show-ref refs/heads/$1`" ]; then
        echo -e "branch not found =[\n";
        return 1;
    fi;

    # deletes
    git branch -D $1;
    git push origin --delete $1;
    return 0;
}
alias git-delete=git-delete-func;