Git: Delete all local branches

The following command will:

• print all branches that were merged to master
• then filter out the branch named master and the branch you are currently switched to
• and finally, it will delete the rest (one branch at a time).

git branch --merged master | grep -v -e "\*" -e "master" | xargs git branch -D

Tip:

To cleanup any remote-tracking references that no longer exist on the remote use the following:

git fetch --prune

How does ‘git pull’ and ‘git fetch’ differ?

In simple terms, the difference between the two Git commands is that git pull is composed by a git fetch followed by a git merge. When you use git pull, Git will automatically merge any pulled commits into the branch you are currently working in, without letting you review them…

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About restoring a deleted Git branch

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22 Φεβρουαρίου 2017

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git: How to move locally committed (but not pushed) changes to a new branch

Recently, we've been working on a certain branch, we did some changes and performed a couple of commits that were not pushed on the remote system. There was a complication and it was decided that the local changes should not be pushed to the branch that we were working on.…

22 Μαρτίου 2017

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