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

1. •Sync and inspect
   • •Run git fetch --prune.
   • •Check git status and note uncommitted changes.
2. •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)"
3. •Exclude protected branches
   • •Always keep <base>, current branch, and user-provided patterns.
4. •Confirm with user
   • •Present candidates grouped by local vs remote.
5. •Provide delete commands
   • •Delete branches approved for deletion by the user
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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.