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.
What is does?
- Fetch 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.
When the extension completes, it stays on the default branch of the repo.
When using the --dry-run flag, the last delete branches command is skipped. All the rest is always performed.
Execute it inside a git repo folder:
gh clean-branches [--dry-run]Use the --dry-run flag to see the list of branches to be deleted before actually deleting them.
The extension relays on:
- gh CLI 2.0
- zsh
- node.js
I may remove the last two dependencies, they are not really needed (pull requests are welcomed!). It helped me for fast developing it.
gh extension install davidraviv/gh-clean-branches