A git script to batch delete branches by glob pattern.

git-del-branches.cmd

@echo off
if "%1"=="" (
	echo usage: git del-branches ^<glob pattern^>
) else (
	for /f "usebackq" %%b in (`git branch --list %1`) do (
		git branch -d %%b
	)
)

git-del-branches.sh

#!/bin/sh
if [ -z "$1" ]; then
        echo 'usage: git del-branches "<glob pattern>"'
else
        git branch --list "$1" | sed 's/^* //' | xargs -r git branch -d
fi

installation.md

Installation

Windows

1. Save git-del-branches.cmd somewhere.
2. Add it as an alias: git config --global alias.del-branches "!C:\\absolute\\path\\to\\git-del-branches.cmd"
3. Usage: git del-branches glob*pattern to delete all branches starting with glob and ending with pattern

Linux

1. Save git-del-branches.sh somewhere.
2. Make it executable: chmod a+x git-del-branches.sh
3. Add it as an alias: git config --global alias.del-branches "!/absolute/path/to/git-del-branches.sh"
4. Usage: git del-branches "glob*pattern" to delete all branches starting with glob and ending with pattern (quotes necessary otherwise glob is expanded by shell instead of git)