deadbranch is a command-line utility that helps keep Git repositories tidy by identifying stale branches and cleaning them up with a safety-first workflow.
It can scan local and remote branches, show details such as age, merge status, last commit date, and author, and then remove branches after confirmation.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Provides commands to list stale branches, clean branches, show branch statistics, and manage configuration.
- Uses safe defaults by deleting only merged branches unless the user explicitly enables forced removal of unmerged branches.
- Includes an interactive full-screen TUI with Vim-style navigation, fuzzy search, visual range selection, and sortable branch views.
- Supports dry-run previews and creates backup files containing deleted branch SHAs for restoration.
- Lets users configure default age thresholds, protected branches, exclude patterns, and the default branch used for merge detection.
- Works with both local and remote branches and can generate shell completions for Bash, Zsh, and Fish.
Website: github.com/armgabrielyan/deadbranch
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Developer: Armen Gabrielyan
License: MIT License
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