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robmiller / git-cleanup-repo
Last active October 14, 2025 20:53
A script for cleaning up Git repositories; it deletes branches that are fully merged into `origin/master`, prunes obsolete remote tracking branches, and as an added bonus will replicate these changes on the remote.
#!/bin/bash
# git-cleanup-repo
#
# Author: Rob Miller <[email protected]>
# Adapted from the original by Yorick Sijsling
git checkout master &> /dev/null
# Make sure we're working with the most up-to-date version of master.
git fetch