[PATCH v5 1/4] branch: move the deleteMerged opt-out check into a helper

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Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>

Date

Oct 30, 2026, 10:52 UTC

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From: Harald Nordgren <haraldnordgren@gmail.com>

No change in behavior.

Signed-off-by: Harald Nordgren <haraldnordgren@gmail.com>
---
 builtin/branch.c | 32 +++++++++++++++++++-------------
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/builtin/branch.c b/builtin/branch.c
index a613148fc7..171b13b081 100644
--- a/builtin/branch.c
+++ b/builtin/branch.c
@@ -824,6 +824,23 @@ static int branch_pushes_to_upstream(struct branch *branch,
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static bool branch_opted_out(struct strbuf *key, const char *branch_name,
+			     unsigned int flags)
+{
+	int opt_out;
+
+	strbuf_reset(key);
+	strbuf_addf(key, "branch.%s.deletemerged", branch_name);
+	if (repo_config_get_bool(the_repository, key->buf, &opt_out) ||
+	    opt_out)
+		return false;
+	if (!(flags & DELETE_BRANCH_QUIET))
+		fprintf(stderr,
+			_("Skipping '%s' (branch.%s.deleteMerged is false)\n"),
+			branch_name, branch_name);
+	return true;
+}
+
 static int delete_merged_branches(const struct strvec *upstreams,
 				 const char **argv, unsigned int flags)
 {
@@ -852,7 +869,6 @@ static int delete_merged_branches(const struct strvec *upstreams,
 		const char *branch_name;
 		struct branch *branch;
 		const char *upstream_refname;
-		int opt_out;
 
 		if (!skip_prefix(branch_refname, "refs/heads/", &branch_name))
 			BUG("filter returned non-branch ref '%s'", branch_refname);
@@ -870,18 +886,8 @@ static int delete_merged_branches(const struct strvec *upstreams,
 					FILTER_REFS_BRANCHES, DELETE_BRANCH_SKIP_UNMERGED))
 			continue;
 
-		strbuf_reset(&key);
-		strbuf_addf(&key, "branch.%s.deletemerged", branch_name);
-		if (!repo_config_get_bool(the_repository, key.buf, &opt_out) &&
-		    !opt_out) {
-			if (!(flags & DELETE_BRANCH_QUIET))
-				fprintf(stderr,
-					_("Skipping '%s' (branch.%s.deleteMerged is false)\n"),
-					branch_name, branch_name);
-			continue;
-		}
-
-		strset_add(&deletable_branch_names, branch_name);
+		if (!branch_opted_out(&key, branch_name, flags))
+			strset_add(&deletable_branch_names, branch_name);
 	}
 
 	protect_stacked_branch_bases(refs, &deletable_branch_names,

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