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#!/usr/bin/env python # -*- coding: utf-8 -*- # This scripts helps removing remote Git branches. # Run it from a git repo dir. It will open the Git branches list # in your favorite editor. Delete some branches from the list. # Save and close the file. The script applies the changes to the repo. from subprocess import call, Popen, PIPE from os import getenv import re # configure commands used in this script editor_command = getenv('EDITOR') branch_command = 'git branch -r' mktemp_command = 'mktemp' # takes 'git branch' output and returns a set of branches def branches_to_list(text): branches = set() for branch in re.split('\n', text): branch = re.sub(' .+', '', branch.lstrip()); if branch is not '': branches.add(branch) return branches # create a temp file tmp_file = Popen(mktemp_command, stdout=PIPE).communicate()[0].decode().rstrip() # write git branches to the temp file call('%s > %s' % (branch_command, tmp_file), shell=True) # get original branches original_branches = branches_to_list(open(tmp_file, 'r').read()) # edit the temp file with the editor command call('%s %s' % (editor_command, tmp_file), shell=True) # get new branches new_branches = branches_to_list(open(tmp_file, 'r').read()) # adding and renaming branches is not supported if(new_branches.difference(original_branches)): exit('Aborting! Do not add or rename branches, just remove them.') # remove branches with Git for branch in original_branches.difference(new_branches): pushable = re.sub('/', ' :', branch) call('git branch -rd %s' % branch, shell=True) call('git push %s' % pushable, shell=True)