Deleting a git branch locally is pretty easy, just do a git branch -D branch_name and you're done. But when you have already pushed that branch to remote, it becomes a bit more complex. You can't just delete the local branch and do a git push to be done with it. Instead, you have to do a git push origin --delete branch_name to delete it from the remote.
All of that becomes too much for a simple task of deleting a git branch. Which is why, just copy/paste the following in your .zshrc/.bashrc file and you'll be able to use gcm, gbn, gbdel commands to do all of this in a jiffy.
# FILE: .zshrc/.bashrc
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# 🔥 #OneDevMinute
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# Daily one minute developer tips.
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# Checkout to master
alias gcm="git checkout master"
# Create new branch and checkout.
alias gbn='git checkout -b'
# Remove git branch both locally and remotely.
# Usage: gbdel branch_name
function gbdel {
# Branch name present?
if [[ -z "$1" ]]; then
echo "\n🤔 Oops… you forgot to provide the branch name"
echo "👉 E.g. gbdel branch_name\n"
else
# Start deleteing.
echo "\n⏳ Deleting…\n"
git branch -D "$1" # Local delete.
git push origin --delete "$1" # Remote delete.
echo "\n✅ Git branch $1 was deleted from local and remote.\n"
fi
}
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Top comments (5)
This is very helpful rather than Googling every time on how to delete a local and remote branch. Have you considered making a project with all your shell scripts? Something we can download use and contribute?
Super glad you liked it. I have started this #OneDevMinute series for this exact reason — share all of my workflows in mini chunks.
As I mentioned the
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Can't share it all, since it's not organized and has lots of moving parts + personal data in it.
I'm doing that with this series.
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Nice tip!
Any reason for using force to delete local branch though (
git branch -D "$1", the d is majuscule)?I think it'd be safer to use
git branch -d "$1"Thanks.
I think that's because it avoids the message of the branch not being merged?
Yes, so that means you lose your code (hence the force).