Lesson6.md

Lesson 6 - Cleanup those branches

Prerequisites

• Worked through the other lessons and left branches all over the place.

Lesson

Stage 1 - View our local branches

1. Checkout master

   git checkout master
   

2. View our local branches

   git branch -v
   

3. View branches that have been merged into master

   git branch --merged
   

4. Delete a single branch

   git branch -d addFriends
   

5. Delete all merged branches

   git branch --merged | ?{-not ($_ -like "*master")} | %{git branch -d $_.trim()}
   

   https://gist.github.com/srkirkland/63ed5730da1bf607a4b3

Stage 2 - Cleanup GitHub Branches

1. Navigate to your GitHub Repo (e.g. www.github.com/jesspomfret/GitDemo)
2. Click branches (or navigate to e.g. www.github.com/jesspomfret/GitDemo/branches)
3. Delete any unneeded branches