From: "Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Kristoffer Haugsbakk <kristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com>,
"D. Ben Knoble" <ben.knoble@gmail.com>,
Phillip Wood <phillip.wood123@gmail.com>,
Jasper Mayone <me@jaspermayone.com>,
Harald Nordgren <haraldnordgren@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v5 0/4] branch: let --delete-merged find squash merged branches
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2026 10:52:58 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <pull.2425.v5.git.git.1793357582.gitgitgadget@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <pull.2425.git.git.1790667030497.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
Branches merged on GitHub with "Squash and merge" or "Rebase and merge" are
never deleted by git branch --delete-merged, because their tips are not
reachable from the upstream. This treats such a branch as merged when some
upstream commit contains all of its changes, and names that commit in the
output:
Deleted branch topic (was 1a2b3c4, landed as 9f8e7d6).
Changes in v5:
* git branch -h lists --delete-integrated in the usage lines
* Giving both --delete-merged and --delete-integrated dies with a short
"cannot be used together" message instead of the full usage text
Changes in v4:
* --delete-merged works as it does on master again: it only deletes
branches whose tip is reachable from their upstream
* New --delete-integrated <pattern> also deletes branches that were rebase
or squash merged, including those squashed after upstream changed the
same files. It replaces --squashed
* New prep commit lets delete_branches() take a map of where each branch
landed, so "landed as" is printed there
* Added Junio's test that --delete-merged keeps a branch when an unrelated
upstream commit adds an identical file
* --dry-run works with either option, and the two options can't be combined
Changes in v3:
* Split into multiple commits, one for rebase merges and one for squash
merges.
* By default a branch counts as merged when an upstream commit has its
exact version of every file it changed. This never reads file contents,
so it stays cheap in a partial clone. It finds rebase merges, and squash
merges where upstream left those files alone.
* Replace --no-squashed with an opt-in --squashed, which also finds
branches merged after upstream changed the same files by merging those
files.
* Add a test for a rebase merge, and check that a squash onto changed files
is kept without --squashed and deleted with it.
Changes in v2:
* Diff each upstream commit once and share the result between all branches,
faster than v1.
* Fix a branch merged with a merge commit being reported as "landed as" the
merge when another branch was searched first, and add a test for it. Show
the topic commit itself in "landed as" for work that arrived through a
merge.
* Use git merge --squash as the example in the commit message and mention
GitHub's squash and rebase buttons.
* Add --no-squashed to skip the squash search.
Harald Nordgren (4):
branch: move the deleteMerged opt-out check into a helper
branch: let delete_branches() name where a branch landed
branch: add --delete-integrated to delete rebase and squash merged
branches
branch: let --delete-integrated find branches merged onto changed
files
Documentation/config/branch.adoc | 8 +-
Documentation/git-branch.adoc | 22 +-
builtin/branch.c | 360 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
t/t3200-branch.sh | 218 +++++++++++++++++++
4 files changed, 578 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)
base-commit: 8d1b215c01512b9658d4525c54ff9b9245f9a7e8
Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-git-2425%2FHaraldNordgren%2Fbranch-delete-squashed-v5
Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-git-2425/HaraldNordgren/branch-delete-squashed-v5
Pull-Request: https://github.com/git/git/pull/2425
Range-diff vs v4:
1: 1d01085b75 = 1: 090aec5725 branch: move the deleteMerged opt-out check into a helper
2: 592562d7e7 = 2: 24180bf4a2 branch: let delete_branches() name where a branch landed
3: deb1e649cf ! 3: bf30f57ceb branch: add --delete-integrated to delete rebase and squash merged branches
@@ builtin/branch.c
static const char * const builtin_branch_usage[] = {
N_("git branch [<options>] [-r | -a] [--merged] [--no-merged] [(--forked <branch>)...]"),
+@@ builtin/branch.c: static const char * const builtin_branch_usage[] = {
+ N_("git branch [<options>] [-r | -a] [--format]"),
+ N_("git branch [<options>] (--delete-merged <pattern>)... "
+ "[<branch-pattern>...]"),
++ N_("git branch [<options>] (--delete-integrated <pattern>)... "
++ "[<branch-pattern>...]"),
+ NULL
+ };
+
@@ builtin/branch.c: enum delete_branch_flags {
DELETE_BRANCH_SKIP_UNMERGED = (1 << 2),
DELETE_BRANCH_NO_HEAD_FALLBACK = (1 << 3),
@@ builtin/branch.c: int cmd_branch(int argc,
if (filter.with_commit || filter.no_commit ||
@@ builtin/branch.c: int cmd_branch(int argc,
+ filter.points_at.nr || filter.forked.nr)
+ list = 1;
++ die_for_incompatible_opt2(!!delete_merged.nr, "--delete-merged",
++ !!delete_integrated.nr, "--delete-integrated");
++
noncreate_actions = !!delete + !!rename + !!copy + !!new_upstream +
!!show_current + !!list + !!edit_description +
- !!unset_upstream + !!delete_merged.nr;
@@ t/t3200-branch.sh: test_expect_success '--dry-run without --delete-merged is rej
+test_expect_success '--delete-integrated cannot be combined with --delete-merged' '
+ test_must_fail git -C forked branch --delete-merged origin/next \
-+ --delete-integrated origin/next
++ --delete-integrated origin/next 2>err &&
++ test_grep "cannot be used together" err
+'
+
test_done
4: 19a9630c13 = 4: 9443055242 branch: let --delete-integrated find branches merged onto changed files
--
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Thread overview: 67+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-29 7:30 [PATCH] branch: let --delete-merged find squash merged branches Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-09-29 7:46 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2026-09-29 7:52 ` Harald Nordgren
2026-09-29 8:08 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2026-09-29 11:18 ` D. Ben Knoble
2026-09-29 13:31 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2026-09-29 11:26 ` D. Ben Knoble
2026-09-29 13:44 ` Harald Nordgren
2026-09-29 13:52 ` Harald Nordgren
2026-09-29 15:28 ` D. Ben Knoble
2026-09-29 18:34 ` Harald Nordgren
2026-10-04 9:54 ` Phillip Wood
2026-10-04 22:28 ` Harald Nordgren
2026-10-08 15:25 ` Phillip Wood
2026-10-08 18:42 ` Harald Nordgren
2026-10-09 8:16 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2026-10-09 11:11 ` Harald Nordgren
2026-10-09 11:18 ` Harald Nordgren
2026-10-09 13:40 ` Phillip Wood
2026-10-09 13:37 ` Phillip Wood
2026-10-09 15:27 ` Harald Nordgren
2026-10-08 17:51 ` D. Ben Knoble
2026-10-09 13:34 ` Phillip Wood
2026-10-11 9:41 ` [PATCH v2 0/2] " Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-10-11 9:41 ` [PATCH v2 1/2] " Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-10-11 9:41 ` [PATCH v2 2/2] branch: add --no-squashed to skip the squash search Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-10-12 0:30 ` [PATCH v2 0/2] branch: let --delete-merged find squash merged branches Junio C Hamano
2026-10-12 9:50 ` Phillip Wood
2026-10-12 14:31 ` Harald Nordgren
2026-10-12 16:50 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-10-12 17:44 ` Harald Nordgren
2026-10-13 2:23 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-10-17 22:23 ` Harald Nordgren
2026-10-19 4:40 ` Jasper Mayone
2026-10-18 15:09 ` Harald Nordgren
2026-10-12 12:41 ` Harald Nordgren
2026-10-12 15:49 ` D. Ben Knoble
2026-10-21 12:28 ` [PATCH v3 0/3] " Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-10-21 12:28 ` [PATCH v3 1/3] branch: move the deleteMerged opt-out check into a helper Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-10-21 12:28 ` [PATCH v3 2/3] branch: let --delete-merged find rebase merged branches Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-10-21 12:28 ` [PATCH v3 3/3] branch: add --squashed to find squash " Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-10-21 17:35 ` [PATCH v3 0/3] branch: let --delete-merged " Jasper Mayone
2026-10-21 18:51 ` Harald Nordgren
2026-10-22 12:55 ` D. Ben Knoble
2026-10-22 14:41 ` Harald Nordgren
2026-10-22 5:49 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-10-22 7:18 ` Harald Nordgren
2026-10-22 16:33 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-10-22 16:57 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-10-22 17:31 ` Harald Nordgren
2026-10-22 17:44 ` Jasper Mayone
2026-10-22 17:56 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-10-23 9:07 ` Harald Nordgren
2026-10-22 17:44 ` Harald Nordgren
2026-10-22 12:59 ` D. Ben Knoble
2026-10-26 8:33 ` [PATCH v4 0/4] " Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-10-26 8:33 ` [PATCH v4 1/4] branch: move the deleteMerged opt-out check into a helper Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-10-26 8:33 ` [PATCH v4 2/4] branch: let delete_branches() name where a branch landed Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-10-26 8:33 ` [PATCH v4 3/4] branch: add --delete-integrated to delete rebase and squash merged branches Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-10-26 8:33 ` [PATCH v4 4/4] branch: let --delete-integrated find branches merged onto changed files Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-10-29 4:30 ` [PATCH v4 0/4] branch: let --delete-merged find squash merged branches Jasper Mayone
2026-10-29 8:30 ` Harald Nordgren
2026-10-30 10:52 ` Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget [this message]
2026-10-30 10:52 ` [PATCH v5 1/4] branch: move the deleteMerged opt-out check into a helper Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-10-30 10:53 ` [PATCH v5 2/4] branch: let delete_branches() name where a branch landed Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-10-30 10:53 ` [PATCH v5 3/4] branch: add --delete-integrated to delete rebase and squash merged branches Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
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