Remove local branches that are no longer in the origin

This is a simple script that I use to remove local branches that are no longer on the origin. Just to clean my local env.

git remote prune origin
git branch -vv | grep ‘: gone]’ | grep -v “\*” | awk ‘{ print $1; }’ | xargs -r git branch -d

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This is a simple script that I use to remove local branches that are no longer on the origin. Just to clean my local env.

git remote prune origin
git branch -vv | grep ': gone]' | grep -v "\*" | awk '{ print $1; }' | xargs -r git branch -d

You can also create an alias and add to your .bashrc (if you use Linux or macOS).

Edit ~/.bashrc file.

Add this in the end of the file:

alias git-clean="git remote prune origin; git branch -vv | grep ': gone]' | grep -v \"\*\" | awk '{ print $1; }' | xargs -r git branch -d;"

Reload bash: source ~/.bashrc

That's all. :)


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