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Cleans up local tracking branches that dont exist on the remote. Removes all remote branches that have been merged into master.
# clean up merged local branches
git branch --merged | grep -v "\*" | xargs -n 1 git branch -d
# clean up merged remote branches
git fetch -p && git branch -r --merged |
grep origin |
grep -v '>' |
grep -v 'rel_' |
grep -v 'emer_' |
grep -v master |
xargs -L1 |
awk '{split($0,a,"/"); print a[2]}' |
xargs git push origin --delete
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Change Log:

  • Need to fetch prune first or this bombs on branches you think exist but do not.
  • Added file to clean up local branches.
  • Skip Rel and Emer branches since they require more thought.

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