Remove all git local branches except “main”

Working locally would tempt to acummulate a lot of git branches locally, most of the time we want to keep only the “main” branch, to execute this just run:

git branch | grep -v “main” | xargs git branch -D

Explanation

The first sec…


This content originally appeared on DEV Community and was authored by Ariel Mejia

Working locally would tempt to acummulate a lot of git branches locally, most of the time we want to keep only the "main" branch, to execute this just run:

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

Explanation

  • The first section git branch list all the branches locally.
  • grep -v "main" filter out from the output branches list the main branch
  • xargs git branch -D runs git branch -D to all the branch items inside the branch list

Happy Coding!


This content originally appeared on DEV Community and was authored by Ariel Mejia


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