BASH - Alias to Delete Branches

[dday9]

The following code does the following:

1. Get every branch name
2. Loop over the values
3. Skip the branch named master
4. Delete the branch without force

Run this code to setup the alias:

$ git config --global alias.cleanup '!git for-each-ref --format="%(refname:short)" refs/heads | grep -v 'master' | xargs git branch -d'

And this is how to use the alias:

$ git cleanup

Essentially the alias is used to delete any branches that are up-to-date, not master, and not the currently checked out branch. I created this alias because it makes the list much easier to reach when calling $ git branch. I hope you get find it useful!