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[PATCH v5 0/4] branch: let --delete-merged find squash merged branches

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Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
Date
Oct 30, 2026, 10:52 UTC
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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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  1. branch: let --delete-merged find squash merged branchesHarald Nordgren via GitGitGadget, Sep 29, 2026
  2. Kristoffer HaugsbakkSep 29, 2026
  3. Harald NordgrenSep 29, 2026
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  6. Kristoffer HaugsbakkSep 29, 2026
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  11. Harald NordgrenSep 29, 2026
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  21. Harald NordgrenOct 9, 2026
  22. D. Ben KnobleOct 8, 2026
  23. Phillip WoodOct 9, 2026
  24. 0/2 branch: let --delete-merged find squash merged branchesHarald Nordgren via GitGitGadget, Oct 11, 2026
  25. 1/2 branch: let --delete-merged find squash merged branchesHarald Nordgren via GitGitGadget, Oct 11, 2026
  26. 2/2 branch: add --no-squashed to skip the squash searchHarald Nordgren via GitGitGadget, Oct 11, 2026
  27. Junio C HamanoOct 12, 2026
  28. Phillip WoodOct 12, 2026
  29. Harald NordgrenOct 12, 2026
  30. Junio C HamanoOct 12, 2026
  31. Harald NordgrenOct 12, 2026
  32. Junio C HamanoOct 13, 2026
  33. Harald NordgrenOct 17, 2026
  34. Jasper MayoneOct 19, 2026
  35. Harald NordgrenOct 18, 2026
  36. Harald NordgrenOct 12, 2026
  37. D. Ben KnobleOct 12, 2026
  38. 0/3 branch: let --delete-merged find squash merged branchesHarald Nordgren via GitGitGadget, Oct 21, 2026
  39. 1/3 branch: move the deleteMerged opt-out check into a helperHarald Nordgren via GitGitGadget, Oct 21, 2026
  40. 2/3 branch: let --delete-merged find rebase merged branchesHarald Nordgren via GitGitGadget, Oct 21, 2026
  41. 3/3 branch: add --squashed to find squash merged branchesHarald Nordgren via GitGitGadget, Oct 21, 2026
  42. Jasper MayoneOct 21, 2026
  43. Harald NordgrenOct 21, 2026
  44. D. Ben KnobleOct 22, 2026
  45. Harald NordgrenOct 22, 2026
  46. Junio C HamanoOct 22, 2026
  47. Harald NordgrenOct 22, 2026
  48. Junio C HamanoOct 22, 2026
  49. Junio C HamanoOct 22, 2026
  50. Harald NordgrenOct 22, 2026
  51. Jasper MayoneOct 22, 2026
  52. Junio C HamanoOct 22, 2026
  53. Harald NordgrenOct 23, 2026
  54. Harald NordgrenOct 22, 2026
  55. D. Ben KnobleOct 22, 2026
  56. 0/4 branch: let --delete-merged find squash merged branchesHarald Nordgren via GitGitGadget, Oct 26, 2026
  57. 1/4 branch: move the deleteMerged opt-out check into a helperHarald Nordgren via GitGitGadget, Oct 26, 2026
  58. 2/4 branch: let delete_branches() name where a branch landedHarald Nordgren via GitGitGadget, Oct 26, 2026
  59. 3/4 branch: add --delete-integrated to delete rebase and squash merged branchesHarald Nordgren via GitGitGadget, Oct 26, 2026
  60. 4/4 branch: let --delete-integrated find branches merged onto changed filesHarald Nordgren via GitGitGadget, Oct 26, 2026
  61. Jasper MayoneOct 29, 2026
  62. Harald NordgrenOct 29, 2026
  63. 0/4 branch: let --delete-merged find squash merged branchesHarald Nordgren via GitGitGadget, Oct 30, 2026
  64. 1/4 branch: move the deleteMerged opt-out check into a helperHarald Nordgren via GitGitGadget, Oct 30, 2026
  65. 2/4 branch: let delete_branches() name where a branch landedHarald Nordgren via GitGitGadget, Oct 30, 2026
  66. 3/4 branch: add --delete-integrated to delete rebase and squash merged branchesHarald Nordgren via GitGitGadget, Oct 30, 2026
  67. Junio C HamanoOct 30, 2026
  68. Harald NordgrenOct 31, 2026
  69. 4/4 branch: let --delete-integrated find branches merged onto changed filesHarald Nordgren via GitGitGadget, Oct 30, 2026
  70. Junio C HamanoOct 30, 2026
  71. Harald NordgrenOct 31, 2026
  72. 0/4 branch: let --delete-merged find squash merged branchesHarald Nordgren via GitGitGadget, Nov 1, 2026
  73. 1/4 branch: move the deleteMerged opt-out check into a helperHarald Nordgren via GitGitGadget, Nov 1, 2026
  74. 2/4 branch: let delete_branches() name where a branch landedHarald Nordgren via GitGitGadget, Nov 1, 2026
  75. 3/4 branch: add --delete-integrated to delete rebase and squash merged branchesHarald Nordgren via GitGitGadget, Nov 1, 2026
  76. 4/4 branch: let --delete-integrated find branches merged onto changed filesHarald Nordgren via GitGitGadget, Nov 1, 2026

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