akhileshdarjee · August 31, 2022 14:02 · Aug 31, 2022
diff --git a/delete_old_git_branches.sh b/delete_old_git_branches.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+##
+# Script to delete remote git branches
+##
+
+# Fetch the remote resources
+git fetch
+
+# Loop through all remote merged branches
+count=0
+date='Sep 1, 2021'
+echo "Branches that are older than $date"
+
+for branch in $(git branch -r --merged | grep -v HEAD | grep -v develop | grep -v master | grep -v master | sed /\*/d); do
+        if [ -z "$(git log -1 --since="$date" -s ${branch})" ]; then
+                echo -e `git show --format="%ci %cr %an" ${branch} | head -n 1` \\t$branch
+                count=$((count + 1))
+                remote_branch=$(echo ${branch} | sed 's#origin/##' )
+                # To delete the branches uncomment the bellow git delete command
+                #git push origin --delete ${remote_branch}
+        fi
+done
+
+echo "Found $count merged branches that have no commits since $date"