30-seconds-of-code/snippets/delete-detached-branches.md

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Delete detached branches	repository,branch	intermediate	2021-04-08T19:42:01+03:00	2021-04-13T21:10:59+03:00

Deletes all detached branches.

• Use git fetch --all --prune to garbage collect any detached branches.
• This is especially useful if the remote repository is set to automatically delete merged branches.

git fetch --all --prune

git checkout master
git branch
# master
# patch-1
# patch-2

# Assuming `patch-1` is detached
git fetch --all --prune

git branch
# master
# patch-2