Clean Branches

Description

Github CLI extension

Safely delete local branches that have no remotes and no hanging changes.

The extension uses git branch -d to delete the local branches, hence it will not delete branches with un-pushed changes unless using --force flag.

Installation

gh extension install davidraviv/gh-clean-branches

Usage

Execute it inside a git repo folder:

gh clean-branches [--dry-run] [--force] [--verbose]

Options

• --dry-run See the list of branches to be deleted before actually deleting them.
• --force Uses git branch -D forcing a branch to be deleted regardless if upstream branches have local changes. Use carefully!
• --verbose Print all log statements.

Script flow

• Fetches the repo
• Checkout the default branch (e.g main) and pull changes (needed if we want to delete the current branch)
• Lists all local branches
• Lists all remote branches
• Lists branches with missing upstream to be deleted
• Deletes branches with no upstream and no un-pushed changes (Skipped on --dry-run)
• Checkout the branch we started with unless it was deleted, then stays on the default branch

Dependencies

The extension depends on:

• zsh
• git v2.22
• gh CLI v2.0