gitclean.sh - cleans merged/stale branches from origin

gitclean.sh

#!/bin/bash
# targetBranch=${2:-$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)}
# echo "target branch is '$targetBranch'"
remote=${1:-origin}
git remote prune $remote
# get remote merged branches
git branch -r --merged master | \ 
  # remove master or develop case-insensitive
  egrep -iv '(master|develop|dev)' | \
  # replace remote/ with '' (nothing)
  sed "s/$remote\///g" | \
  # use n=1 args with remote branch delete command
  xargs -n 1 git push --delete $remote