Published on Sat Feb 11 2023 09:20:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) by Valerio Como
Git: remove branches except main
Keep your git repo clean
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TL;DR
Problem
When you are working on a project for a while, you could have a lot of unused branches. Terminal is your best friend in order to keep your local repo clean.
Solution
Bash is good friend for developers. So, you could use its superpowers and run simple powerful commands.
Explanation
Pipes let you use the output of program as an input for another program. So, the script is a combination of three programs:
- git branch: list all branches
- grep -v “master|main”: remove master and main from the list of local branches
- xargs git branch -D: delete all branches taken from the standard input
BONUS: Git Flow clean up
If you adopt Git Flow as your workflow, you can use this script:
Hope you found this post useful.
Written by Valerio Como
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