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Delete Local Git Branches Whose Remote Was Deleted

When working with feature branches, it’s easy for your local repository to accumulate branches that were already deleted on the remote. This snippet safely removes all local branches whose remote tracking branch no longer exists.

git fetch -p && git branch -vv | awk '/: gone]/{print $1}' | xargs -r git branch -d

If you want to remove them regardless of merge status, replace -d with -D.

How to Reset a Single File in Git

If you've made changes to a file and want to discard them, you can use git checkout to restore it to the version from the last commit. This is useful when you want to undo changes that haven't…