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[85.24.230.197]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id 2adb3069b0e04-5a878dd151dsm1563774e87.35.2026.05.05.15.07.13 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256 bits=256/256); Tue, 05 May 2026 15:07:13 -0700 (PDT) From: Harald Nordgren To: j6t@kdbg.org Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, gitgitgadget@gmail.com, haraldnordgren@gmail.com, kristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com Subject: [PATCH] fetch: add fetch.pruneLocalBranches config Date: Wed, 6 May 2026 00:07:12 +0200 Message-ID: <20260505220712.93952-1-haraldnordgren@gmail.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.54.0.6.g690242d89b In-Reply-To: <1e38fb35-f75d-4067-856e-b5c15f507007@kdbg.org> References: <1e38fb35-f75d-4067-856e-b5c15f507007@kdbg.org> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit > I have some sympathy for the desire to clean up unnecessary local > branches, but I don't like the concept that `git fetch` modifies local > branches, not even as an opt-in. Deleting local branches should be `git > branch`'s task exclusively (at the porcelain level). Yeah, maybe that's a good point. Harald