From: Kristoffer Haugsbakk Date: Fri, 09 Oct 2026 08:16:21 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH] branch: let --delete-merged find squash merged branches Message-ID: In-Reply-To: On Thu, Oct 8, 2026, at 20:42, Harald Nordgren wrote: >> Even an efficient implementation is going to be a lot slower when it is >> trying to find branches that have been squashed, so I think we probably >> do want a way to turn it off. That's especially true in partial clones >> where we'll have to download a bunch of blobs to do the squash >> detection. So long as it isn't diabolically slow enabling it by default >> is probably fine. > > A bit slower (depends on how much!) could be worth it for improved > usability. This is not a command that users will run multiple times a > day. I would really like a solid delete operation that I can run, say, overnight. I have better hygiene practices today but I didn’t back then, so things have piled up. One big cleanup is worth a nightly run. So I don’t care about how slow it is. >[snip]