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  1. TBonnin revised this gist Apr 1, 2014. 1 changed file with 3 additions and 0 deletions.
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    echo "Done!"
    say "Obsolete branches are removed"
    fi

    echo "Please, tell your teammates to run 'git remote prune origin' command in order to clean their local repository"

  2. TBonnin created this gist Nov 12, 2012.
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    #!/bin/bash

    # This has to be run from master
    git checkout master

    # Update our list of remotes
    git fetch
    git remote prune origin

    # Remove local fully merged branches
    git branch --merged master | grep -v 'master$' | xargs git branch -d

    # Show remote fully merged branches
    echo "The following remote branches are fully merged and will be removed:"
    git branch -r --merged master | sed 's/ *origin\///' | grep -v 'master$'

    read -p "Continue (y/n)? "
    if [ "$REPLY" == "y" ]
    then
    # Remove remote fully merged branches
    git branch -r --merged master | sed 's/ *origin\///' \
    | grep -v 'master$' | xargs -I% git push origin :%
    echo "Done!"
    say "Obsolete branches are removed"
    fi