remove remote branches script

gina-git_cleanup.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash
# Usage: gina git_cleanup
# Summary: Detect and delete git branches that are merged and can be removed.


# This must be run from master
starting_branch=`git branch | grep ^\* | awk "{ print \$2 }"`
git checkout master
if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]; then
  echo "git checkout master failed - bailing out before doing any further activities"
fi

# Update our list of remotes
git fetch

# Remove local fully merged branches
git branch --merged master | grep -v 'master$' | xargs echo "branch(s) to remove: "  

read -p "Continue (y/n)? "
if [ "$REPLY" == "y" ]
then
  git branch --merged master | grep -v 'master$' | xargs git branch -d

  git remote prune origin

  echo "Done!"
  echo "Obsolete branches are removed"
else
  echo "ok, exiting out gracefully"
  exit 1
fi

# check to see if starting branch still exists

git branch | grep $starting_branch > /dev/null
if [ $0 -eq 0 ]; then
  echo "original starting branch '$starting_branch' still exists - switching back to that"
  git checkout $starting_branch
fi

original authors @grimm and @dayne