Git Tip: Deleting merged branches locally
I have been in love with computers and everything related since I played my first game of Dangerous Dave back in the 90s.
Graduating with a master's degree in Biology, and a bachelor's in Pharmacy; I have been fortunate enough to dabble my hands in things ranging from copywriting to computer networks.
I love pixel art!
As a part of our spring cleaning drive in our remote repo, we found and deleted a lot of leftover merged branches.
I wanted to find a quick way to do the same locally, and I happened at an answer, which I've written down below, to save it as a quick note for myself, and others.
Add the following to your git config by running the command git config -e --global
[alias]
cleanup = "!git branch --merged | grep -v '\\*\\|master\\|development' | xargs -n 1 git branch -d"
Now you can use git cleanup; to delete all the local branches (excluding master and development) which are already merged into the currently checked out branch.