Remove all git local branches except “main”

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