Cleanup Merged Branches

Clean up local git state after PRs have been merged.

Steps

1. •

   Fetch and prune deleted remote branches:

   bash

   git fetch origin --prune
   

2. •

   Switch to main and pull latest:

   bash

   git checkout main && git pull origin main
   

3. •

   Delete local branches that have been merged (branch shows as "gone" after fetch --prune):

   bash

   git branch -vv | grep ': gone]' | awk '{print $1}' | while read branch; do git branch -d "$branch"; done
   

4. •

   Show current branch status:

   bash

   git branch -vv
   

5. •

   Report what was cleaned up and confirm we're on main with a clean state.

Important

• •NEVER delete main
• •NEVER delete unmerged branches (including with git branch -D) without explicit user confirmation
• •If a branch shows "not fully merged" but the remote is gone and you have verified that the PR was merged (e.g., via squash/rebase and the changes are present on main), you may optionally force-delete it with git branch -D <branch-name> - this still counts as deleting an unmerged branch and must only be done after explicit user confirmation