Once I have worked on a project from sometime, it usually becomes a graveyard of merged branches. These branches have been merged into master and they have probably been deleted from the remote repository.
Marie Kondo’s Git nightmare
$ git branch
19octfixes
23oct-fixes
27oct
2checkout
activity_tracking
add-api-for-collection-category-courses
add-enrolled-course-collection
add-order-filters
add-orders-tab
add-report-mailer
add_support_for_full_offer_price
api-calls-for-automated-builds
apibugfix
bannerssort
blog-crud
bug-fixes
bugfix
bugs
bumprubyrails
capistranolock
categories
categories-api-bug-fix
category-fix
clean-up-code
course-collection-view-all-api-call
custom-text
development
domains
enrollment-calls
expanded-categories
expanded_categories
expanded_categories_api
favicon
favicons
fix-Contact-us-About-us
fix-apple-payments
fix-category-cover-image
fix-checkout-page
fix-collection-ratings
fix-comments
fix-dashboard
fix-enroll-for-free-collection
fix-mailer-function
fix-overview
fix_user_show_page
footer
forgot-password
fortrainer-to-teachmore
imagefixes
instructors-crud
ios-in-app-purchases
ios-in-app-purchases-2
ios-payments
landingbugs
login-signup-fix
main-landingThe cleanup
Use below commands to check and delete the branches that are merged and are safe to delete.# Check the branches before deleting.
$ for b in `git branch --merged | grep -v \*`; do echo $b; done
# Delete the branches.
$ for b in `git branch --merged | grep -v \*`; do git branch -D $b; done