danyasworld / gitdeleteobsoletebranches

The problem

When working with any git strategy which requires a new branch for every task/userstory/issue/bug/etc, this branches are deleted on remote when PR is closed. But to remove them on local machine, especially on windows ones, we need to do it manually. Some devs remo them one by one on each PR closed, and other, like me, are waiting for a certain amount to be collected and then remove them alltogether.

This tool finds and deletes local branches deleted on remote.

The solution

Step one: Get all local branches

git branch -a

Step 2: Get branches deleted on a remote

git fetch --prune --dry-run

Step 3: Delete branches deleted on remote

git branch -D branchname

Installation

Download executable or build it on your own Replace a path with your path to executable and run

git config --global alias.dob '!C:/Git/GitDeleteObsoleteBranches.exe'

To use it open cmd, cd to your git repository folder and use

git dob

That's it!