At work we are using topic branches which are integrated into a few (3) master branches at some point. Now I'd like to delete all topic branches from my remote repository which have been fully integrated into a master branch. If that's not possible, retrieving a list of local branches which have been integrated would be fine, too.
Let's break this command: First we get all remote branches using the git branch -r command. Next, we get the local branches not on the remote using the egrep -v -f /dev/fd/0 <(git branch -vv | grep origin) command, Finally we delete the branches using the xargs git branch -d command.
The easiest way to delete local Git branches is to use the “git branch” command with the “-d” option. The “-d” option stands for “–delete” and it can be used whenever the branch you want to clean up is completely merged with your upstream branch.
Deleting remote branches To delete a remote branch, you can't use the git branch command. Instead, use the git push command with --delete flag, followed by the name of the branch you want to delete. You also need to specify the remote name ( origin in this case) after git push .
Another answer edited in by someone who thought it's the best (and it looks good):
git branch -r --merged origin/master | grep -v master | grep "origin/" | cut -d "/" -f 2- | xargs -n 20 git push --delete origin
Explanation:
git branch -r --merged origin/master
-r
/--remotes
list the remote-tracking branches.--merged origin/master
only list branches whose tips are reachable from origin/master
.grep -v master
remove any branch name containing master
from list.1-v
means negative match.grep "origin/"
select only branches on origin
remote.cut -d "/" -f 2-
drop the origin/
prefixxargs -n 20 git push --delete origin
do something similar to git push --delete origin branch-a branch-b branch-c …
-n 20
/--max-args=20
use at most 20 arguments per command line.As for -n
, I choose 20 just as an example. Fewer arguments will make it slower, for example -n 1
makes it delete one at a time; you have more progress hints, because it will report each time it deletes a branch. More arguments like -n 200
will make it faster (less total time), but it only reports once every 200 branches, making you think that it is frozen at first (while it is not). Tune the number to your need. If you omit this option, the default number is really large (2048 in my machine).
1. Note that this also removes origin/HEAD -> origin/master
, but you won't want to mess with origin/HEAD
anyway.
Original answer:
git push --delete remote topicbranch
or
git push remote :topicbranch
Giving a list of branches, would be something with git branch --merged master
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