Can I delete all the local branches except the current one?

Question

I want to delete all branches that get listed in the output of ...

$ git branch

... but keeping current branch, in one step. Is th

Answer 1

Assuming git branch shows the current branch prefixed with *; Using Powershell the following one liner will delete all branches that don't start with *.

git branch | ? { $_ -lt "*" } | % { git branch -D $_.Trim() }

? = Where-Object

% = Foreach-Object

Answer 2

first (switch to the branch you want to keep > ex: master):

git checkout master

second (make sure you are on master)

git branch -D $(git branch)

Answer 3

To remove all merged branches(except current -v ‘*’):

git branch --merged | grep -v '*' | xargs git branch -D

also I made such command for repo complete clean up:

alias git-clean="git branch  | grep -v '*' | grep -v 'master' | xargs git branch -D  && git reset --hard && git clean -d -x -f"

taken from here.

Answer 4

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

will delete all branches except master (replace master with branch you want to keep, but then it will delete master)

Answer 5

I once created this construct for my Windows environment. Maybe it'll help someone else. During execution, the master and current branch are not deleted. All other merged branches will be deleted regardless.

@echo off
cd PATH_TO_YOUR_REPO

REM -- Variable declerations
set "textFile=tempBranchInfo.txt"
set "branchToKeep=master"
set "branchToReplaceWith="
git branch --merged > %textFile%

REM -- remove "master" from list to keep the branch
for /f "delims=" %%i in ('type "%textFile%" ^& break ^> "%textFile%" ') do (
    set "line=%%i"
    setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
    >>"%textFile%" echo(!line:%branchToKeep%=%branchToReplaceWith%!
    endlocal
)

REM -- execute branch delete commands
for /f "delims=" %%a in (%textFile%) do (
    git branch -D %%a
)

REM -- remove temp-file with branch information inside
DEL %textFile%

REM -- show local branches after the cleaning
echo Local branches:
git branch

pause 
exit

Answer 6

Delete all merged branch locally:

git branch -D `git branch --merged | grep -v \* | xargs`

Delete all branches except a specific branch:

git branch | grep -v "branch name" | xargs git branch -D

Delete all local branches except develop and master

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