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Command-line tool to delete merged Git branches

Project description

git-delete-merged-branches

A convenient command-line tool helping you keep repositories clean.

Installation

pip install git-delete-merged-branches

Example

# git-delete-merged-branches
Do you want to run "git remote update --prune" for 1 remote(s):
  - origin

Update? [y/N] y

Do you want to run "git pull --ff-only" for 1 branches(s):
  - master

Pull? [y/N] y

You are about to delete 6 local branch(es):
  - improve-setup-py
  - issue-12-enable-ci-for-pull-requests
  - issue-5-fix-waste-of-one-second-per-service
  - keep-github-actions-up-to-date
  - refactoring-one
  - simple-ci

Delete? [y/N] y

6 local branch(es) deleted.
You are about to delete 6 remote branch(es):
  - origin/improve-setup-py
  - origin/issue-12-enable-ci-for-pull-requests
  - origin/issue-5-fix-waste-of-one-second-per-service
  - origin/keep-github-actions-up-to-date
  - origin/refactoring-one
  - origin/simple-ci

Delete? [y/N] y
To github.com:hartwork/wait-for-it.git
 - [deleted]         improve-setup-py
 - [deleted]         issue-12-enable-ci-for-pull-requests
 - [deleted]         issue-5-fix-waste-of-one-second-per-service
 - [deleted]         keep-github-actions-up-to-date
 - [deleted]         refactoring-one
 - [deleted]         simple-ci

6 remote branch(es) deleted.

Features

  • Supports deletion of both local and remote branches
  • Detects multiple forms of de-facto merges (rebase merges, squash merges (needs --effort=3), single or range cherry-picks… leveraging git cherry)
  • Supports workflows with multiple release branches, e.g. only delete branches that have been merged to all of master, dev and staging
  • Quick interactive configuration
  • Provider agnostic: Works with GitHub, GitLab and any other Git hosting
  • Takes safety seriously

Safety

Deletion is a sharp knife that requires care. While git reflog would have your back in most cases, git-delete-merged-branches takes safety seriously.

Here's what git-delete-merged-branches does for your safety:

  • No branches are deleted without confirmation or passing --yes.
  • Confirmation defaults to "no"; plain [Enter]/[Return] does not delete.
  • git push is used with --force-with-lease so if the server and you have a different understanding of that branch, it is not deleted.
  • There is no use of os.system or shell code to go wrong.
  • With --dry-run you can get a feel for the changes that git-delete-merged-branches would be making to your branches.
  • Show any Git commands run using --verbose.

Best Practices

When the repository is a fork (with an upstream remote and a fork remote):

  • Make sure that release branches are tracking the right remote, e.g. master should probably track original upstream's master rather than master of your fork.
  • Consider keeping your fork's remote master up to date (using git push).

Support

Please report any bugs that you find.

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