tomevault-io Branch cleaner
Goal
Safely identify stale branches and provide explicit delete/prune commands.
Inputs to confirm (ask if missing)
- Default branch (main/master/develop).
- Remote name (origin) and whether remote deletion is desired.
- Safety rules: keep patterns (release/, hotfix/), minimum age, merged-only.
Workflow
- Sync and inspect
- Run
git fetch --prune. - Check
git statusand note uncommitted changes.
- Run
- Build candidate lists
- Local merged into default:
git branch --merged <base> - Local not merged (list only):
git branch --no-merged <base> - Remote merged:
git branch -r --merged <base> - Stale by date:
git for-each-ref --sort=committerdate refs/heads --format="%(committerdate:short) %(refname:short)"
- Local merged into default:
- Exclude protected branches
- Always keep
<base>, current branch, and user-provided patterns.
- Always keep
- Confirm with user
- Present candidates grouped by local vs remote.
- Provide delete commands
- Delete branches approved for deletion by the user
Optional GitHub CLI checks
gh pr list --state merged --base <base>to correlate merged branches.gh pr view <branch>to verify status if needed.
Deliverables
- Candidate lists and rationale.
- Warnings for unmerged or recently updated branches.
- Don't remove remote branches unless explicitly approved.
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