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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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  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-10-30 10:53 UTC|newest]

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
2026-10-30 10:53   ` [PATCH v5 4/4] branch: let --delete-integrated find branches merged onto changed files Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget

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