Visual Studio Code - remove branches deleted on GitHub that still show in VS Code?

Question

In VSCode, after I do a pull request and delete the branch on GitHub, that branch still shows up in Visual Studio Code. If I select the branch, it gives an Error, as expected. <

Answer 1

You can remove all the local branches (except master) with:

git branch -r | grep -v "master" | xargs git branch -D

And you can remove all the branches still appearing as origin/XXXX in VSCode but already deleted in origin with:

git fetch --prune

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Note:

The first command above (taken from https://stackoverflow.com/a/52006270/3120163):

• list all the branches
• remove the master branch from the list
• delete the branches in the list