GIT-DMB(1)

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version 7.6.1 · 5 versions
, in ubuntu stonking

💅 NAME

git-dmb — the command-line tool that deletes your merged Git branches, bestie. Say bye to the graveyard of dead branches fr fr. 🧹✨

🌸 SYNOPSIS

git-dmb [--configure | --help | --version] [--branch BRANCH] [--effort
LEVEL] [--remote REMOTE] [--exclude BRANCH] [--include-regex PATTERN]
[--debug] [--dry-run] [--verbose] [--yes]

🦋 DESCRIPTION

It's a command-line tool. It deletes merged Git branches. That's the whole vibe. No cap. 🎀

✨ modes: (pick your main character moment)

  • --configure — set up git-delete-merged-branches and then dip, no branch processing at all, we're just doing the config and leaving 💅
  • --help, -h — show this help message and exit, iconic behavior
  • --version — show the program's version number and exit 📌

🌈 rules: (how it decides what's on the chopping block)

  • --branch, -b BRANCH — demand that this branch be the merge target, instead of whatever's already configured for this repo. You can pass it as many times as you want, go off 👑
  • --effort LEVEL — how much energy we're putting into hunting down merged branches. Level 1 uses literally nothing but git branch --merged. Level 2 adds use of git cherry. Level 3 adds use of git cherry on temporary squashed copies. The default level is 2, so medium effort, medium slay. 🔥

💖 scope: (where we're looking)

  • --remote, -r REMOTE — process this remote instead of the remotes configured for the repo; you can pass it multiple times, pile 'em up 🫶
  • --exclude, -x BRANCH — keep this branch safe from deletion, in addition to the exclusion list configured for the repo; also passable multiple times, protection squad activated 🙈
  • --include-regex PATTERN — only branches matching this regular expression are even considered for deletion (like, e.g. "^issue-"). The syntax is that of the Python module re. Pass it multiple times and it acts in logical conjunction, aka "and" — every pattern has to match ⭐

💀 flags: (the toggles)

  • --debug — turn on debugging output, for when you need to see everything 👀
  • --dry-run, -n — do a trial run with absolutely no changes made, the responsible queen move
  • --verbose, -v — enable verbose output, more words, more info
  • --yes, -y — do not ask for confirmation, just assume the reply is "yes" and go 😭

🧚 EPILOG

Software libre, licensed under GPL v3 or later. Brought to you by Sebastian Pipping <sebastian@pipping.org>. 🫶

Please report bugs at https://github.com/hartwork/git-delete-merged-branches — thank you!! 💜

And that's the whole page, periodt. git-dmb 7.6.1, July 2026, GIT-DMB(1) — mwah, go delete some branches bestie 💅✨
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