# Land

> Merge a PR and clean up the feature branch

- Skill: `duanegoodner/land` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add duanegoodner/land`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/duanegoodner/land/raw
- Safety review: pending (external: skill-scanner PASS, skillspector PASS)
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: duanegoodner (https://skillmd.com/u/duanegoodner)
- Updated: 2026-09-10
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/duanegoodner/land

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Merge a PR and clean up its feature branch.

$ARGUMENTS optionally specifies a GitHub PR number (e.g., "166"). If
omitted, infer the PR from the current branch using `gh pr view`.

Steps:

1. **Find the PR.**
   - If $ARGUMENTS contains a PR number: use `gh pr view <number>` to
     get the PR's branch name, URL, and state.
   - If $ARGUMENTS is empty: use `gh pr view` (infers from current
     branch).
   - If the PR is not open, report the issue and stop.

2. **Check out the PR's branch** if not already on it:
   `git checkout <branch-name>`.

3. **Merge the PR** with `gh pr merge <url> --squash --delete-branch`.
   This squashes the PR's commits into a single commit on main and
   deletes both the local and remote feature branches.

4. **Switch to main**: `git checkout main`.

5. **Pull remote main**: `git pull origin main`.

6. **Verify branch cleanup.** `--delete-branch` should have removed
   both local and remote. If either remains (e.g. gh couldn't delete
   the local branch because it wasn't fast-forward), finish the job:
   - `git branch -D <branch-name>` (squash merges require `-D`, not
     `-d`, because the squashed commit is not a descendant of the
     feature branch).
   - `git push origin --delete <branch-name>`

7. **Confirm cleanup** with `git branch` and `git status`.