How can I delete all Git branches which have been merged?

Question

I have many Git branches. How do I delete branches which have already been merged? Is there an easy way to delete them all instead of deleting them one by one?

Answer 1

You'll want to exclude the master & develop branches from those commands.

Local git clear:

git branch --merged | grep -v '\*\|master\|develop' | xargs -n 1 git branch -d

Remote git clear:

git branch -r --merged | grep -v '\*\|master\|develop' | sed 's/origin\///' | xargs -n 1 git push --delete origin

Sync local registry of remote branches:

git fetch -p