git-delete-merged-branches 1.0.0

Command-line tool to delete merged Git branches

git-delete-merged-branches

A convenient command-line tool helping you keep repositories clean.

Installation

pip install git-delete-merged-branches

Features

• Supports deletion of both local and remote branches
• Supports workflows with multiple release branches, e.g. only delete branches that have been merged to all of master, dev and staging
• Quick interactive configuration
• Provider agnostic: Works with GitHub, GitLab and any other Git hosting
• Takes safety serious

Safety

Deletion is a sharp knife that requires care. While git reflog would have your back in most cases, git-delete-merged-branches takes safety seriously.

Here's what git-delete-merged-branches does for your safety:

• No branches are deleted without confirmation or passing --yes.
• git push is used with --force-with-lease so if the server and you have a different understanding of that branch, it is not deleted.
• There is no use of os.system or shell code to go wrong.
• With --dry-run you can get a feel for the changes that git-delete-merged-branches would be making to your branches.
• Show any Git commands run using --verbose.

Best Practices

• Consider running git remote update --prune before using git-delete-merged-branches for best results.
• Consider using ssh-agent if you don't want to enter your SSH key password for each git push when working with multiple remotes.

Support

Please report any bugs that you find.

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