Would like a way to clean only local branches

[marc2982]

Hi guys,

Could functionality be added to clean only your local branches and not remote ones? Or is it possible that I am using git-sweep incorrectly and that functionality is already there?

This would be super useful because I tend to forget to delete my local branches after merging them with master and end up with a huge list of branches that I need to check one at a time to see if it is safe to delete.

Thanks!

[robmadole]

Great idea. I think I have this problem too. It's certainly possible.

Out of curiosity, is there a reason why you would not remove the remote branches too?

[marc2982]

Good question...at work we do have some old remote branches that are hanging around for historical purposes...although the same could be (and probably should be) handled using tags. I can't think of any compelling reason, except possibly for speed. Would it be faster to check a local branch or would it take the same amount of time as a remote branch?

[robmadole]

The check to see if it's merged takes exactly the same amount of time. So preview would be just as instantaneous.

This would be a great feature. Let me see about getting this into a milestone. Thanks for the feedback.

[marc2982]

Cool thanks :)

[dancrew32]

+1

[robmadole]

Slating this for 0.1.2

[robmadole]

In the short term until this is implemented, the following command works:

git branch --merged master | grep -v master | xargs git branch -d

Nasty hack for the time being. I'm hoping to get some time to work on this project soon, it's overdue for a next release.

[marc2982]

Awesome thanks! I hadn't noticed 'git branch --merged' before.

[suan]

+1

[cupakromer]

👍

Another use case for this feature is for use of branches during local dev. These local branches were used solely for development (quick one off fixes, spikes, etc), and they were merged into the local master. The local master was then pushed to the remote but not the other local branches.

[dsbonev]

+1

[jtsao22]

+1

[davidofwatkins]

+1

[jeuelc]

+1