From: "Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Harald Nordgren <haraldnordgren@gmail.com>,
Harald Nordgren <haraldnordgren@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 5/6] branch: add branch.<name>.pruneMerged opt-out
Date: Mon, 04 May 2026 18:27:29 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <0bc5ebbe68c29b408f7f5b3656f23704a2645a12.1777919250.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <pull.2285.v2.git.git.1777919250.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
From: Harald Nordgren <haraldnordgren@gmail.com>
Setting branch.<name>.pruneMerged=false exempts that branch from
--prune-merged (and from fetch --prune-merged), even with --force.
Useful for keeping a topic branch around between rounds.
Explicit deletion via 'git branch -d' is unaffected.
Signed-off-by: Harald Nordgren <haraldnordgren@gmail.com>
---
Documentation/config/branch.adoc | 7 ++++++
Documentation/git-branch.adoc | 17 +++++++-------
builtin/branch.c | 23 ++++++++++++++++--
t/t3200-branch.sh | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
4 files changed, 76 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/config/branch.adoc b/Documentation/config/branch.adoc
index a4db9fa5c8..60dba38e27 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/branch.adoc
+++ b/Documentation/config/branch.adoc
@@ -102,3 +102,10 @@ for details).
`git branch --edit-description`. Branch description is
automatically added to the `format-patch` cover letter or
`request-pull` summary.
+
+`branch.<name>.pruneMerged`::
+ If set to `false`, branch _<name>_ is exempt from
+ `git branch --prune-merged` (and `git fetch --prune-merged`).
+ Useful for topic branches you intend to develop further after
+ an initial round has been merged upstream. Defaults to true.
+ Explicit deletion via `git branch -d` is unaffected.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-branch.adoc b/Documentation/git-branch.adoc
index 4995e03ef6..8d3e13d785 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-branch.adoc
+++ b/Documentation/git-branch.adoc
@@ -216,16 +216,15 @@ Each _<remote>_ may be either the name of a configured remote
Delete the local branches that `--forked` would list for
the same _<remote>_ arguments, but only when the branch's
push destination remote-tracking ref (the ref `git push`
- would update; see `branch_get_push` semantics) no longer
- resolves locally. In other words: the branch was pushed
- under some name on _<remote>_, and that name has since
- been pruned upstream.
+ would update) no longer resolves locally. In other words:
+ the branch was pushed under some name on _<remote>_, and
+ that name has since been pruned upstream.
+
-By default, the local tip must also be reachable from the
-upstream remote-tracking ref (see `--no-merged`); branches with
-unpushed commits are refused. With `--force` (or `-f`), delete
-them regardless. The currently checked-out branch in any worktree
-is always preserved.
+The local tip must also be reachable from the upstream
+remote-tracking ref; branches with unpushed commits are refused.
+With `--force` (or `-f`), delete them regardless. The currently
+checked-out branch in any worktree is always preserved, as is
+any branch with `branch.<name>.pruneMerged` set to `false`.
`-v`::
`-vv`::
diff --git a/builtin/branch.c b/builtin/branch.c
index f50b7e222c..74c8f1aedf 100644
--- a/builtin/branch.c
+++ b/builtin/branch.c
@@ -809,23 +809,42 @@ static int prune_merged_branches(int argc, const char **argv, int force,
for_each_string_list_item(item, &candidates) {
const char *short_name = item->string;
struct strbuf full = STRBUF_INIT;
+ struct strbuf key = STRBUF_INIT;
struct branch *branch;
const char *push_ref;
+ int opt_out = 0;
strbuf_addf(&full, "refs/heads/%s", short_name);
if (branch_checked_out(full.buf)) {
strbuf_release(&full);
+ strbuf_release(&key);
continue;
}
strbuf_release(&full);
branch = branch_get(short_name);
push_ref = branch ? branch_get_push(branch, NULL) : NULL;
- if (!push_ref)
+ if (!push_ref) {
+ strbuf_release(&key);
continue;
+ }
if (refs_ref_exists(get_main_ref_store(the_repository),
- push_ref))
+ push_ref)) {
+ strbuf_release(&key);
+ continue;
+ }
+
+ strbuf_addf(&key, "branch.%s.prunemerged", short_name);
+ if (!repo_config_get_bool(the_repository, key.buf, &opt_out) &&
+ !opt_out) {
+ if (!quiet)
+ fprintf(stderr, _("Skipping '%s' "
+ "(branch.%s.pruneMerged is false)\n"),
+ short_name, short_name);
+ strbuf_release(&key);
continue;
+ }
+ strbuf_release(&key);
strvec_push(&deletable, short_name);
}
diff --git a/t/t3200-branch.sh b/t/t3200-branch.sh
index 9e997b6be6..2127cf1fa5 100755
--- a/t/t3200-branch.sh
+++ b/t/t3200-branch.sh
@@ -1852,4 +1852,44 @@ test_expect_success '--prune-merged deletes when push ref differs from upstream'
test_must_fail git -C pm-pushdiff rev-parse --verify refs/heads/topic-a
'
+test_expect_success '--prune-merged honours branch.<name>.pruneMerged=false' '
+ test_when_finished "rm -rf pm-optout" &&
+ git clone pm-upstream pm-optout &&
+ git -C pm-optout branch one --track origin/one &&
+ git -C pm-optout branch two --track origin/two &&
+ git -C pm-optout config branch.one.pruneMerged false &&
+
+ git -C pm-optout update-ref -d refs/remotes/origin/one &&
+ git -C pm-optout update-ref -d refs/remotes/origin/two &&
+ git -C pm-optout branch --prune-merged origin 2>err &&
+
+ git -C pm-optout rev-parse --verify refs/heads/one &&
+ test_must_fail git -C pm-optout rev-parse --verify refs/heads/two &&
+ test_grep "Skipping .one." err
+'
+
+test_expect_success '--prune-merged --force still honours pruneMerged=false' '
+ test_when_finished "rm -rf pm-optout-force" &&
+ git clone pm-upstream pm-optout-force &&
+ git -C pm-optout-force checkout -b one --track origin/one &&
+ test_commit -C pm-optout-force unpushed &&
+ git -C pm-optout-force checkout - &&
+ git -C pm-optout-force config branch.one.pruneMerged false &&
+
+ git -C pm-optout-force update-ref -d refs/remotes/origin/one &&
+ git -C pm-optout-force branch --force --prune-merged origin &&
+
+ git -C pm-optout-force rev-parse --verify refs/heads/one
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'branch -d still deletes a pruneMerged=false branch' '
+ test_when_finished "rm -rf pm-optout-d" &&
+ git clone pm-upstream pm-optout-d &&
+ git -C pm-optout-d branch one --track origin/one &&
+ git -C pm-optout-d config branch.one.pruneMerged false &&
+
+ git -C pm-optout-d branch -d one &&
+ test_must_fail git -C pm-optout-d rev-parse --verify refs/heads/one
+'
+
test_done
--
gitgitgadget
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2026-05-01 21:35 [PATCH] fetch: add fetch.pruneLocalBranches config Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-05-03 22:39 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-05-04 18:28 ` [PATCH] checkout: add --autostash option for branch switching Harald Nordgren
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2026-05-04 18:27 ` [PATCH v2 0/6] fetch: add fetch.pruneBranches config Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-05-04 18:27 ` [PATCH v2 1/6] branch: add --forked <remote> Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
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