clean-gone-branches
Installation
SKILL.md
Clean Gone Branches
Remove local git branches that have been deleted from the remote.
Process
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Update remote references
- Run
git fetch --prune.
- Run
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Inspect local state
- Run
git branch -vvto find branches marked as[gone]. - Run
git worktree listto see whether any of those branches still have worktrees.
- Run
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Remove worktrees first
- For each
[gone]branch that still has a worktree, remove the worktree before deleting the branch.
- For each
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Delete the gone branches
- Delete each local branch marked as
[gone].
- Delete each local branch marked as