Re: [PATCH] branch: let --delete-merged find squash merged branches

From: Kristoffer Haugsbakk <kristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com>
Date: Sep 29, 2026, 07:46 UTC
Message-ID: <9a6bfc3c-8759-4fbe-9e90-5dec9d00e278@app.fastmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <pull.2425.git.git.1790667030497.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>

On Tue, Sep 29, 2026, at 09:30, Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget wrote:

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> From: Harald Nordgren <haraldnordgren@gmail.com>
>
> Branches merged on GitHub with "Squash and merge" or "Rebase and
> merge" are never deleted by "git branch --delete-merged". The upstream
> holds a rewritten copy of their work, so their tips are not reachable
> from it and they look unmerged forever.

An example closer to git(1)’s home:

    git merge --squash
    git commit

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