git alias for prune remote branches & remove local branches not tracking any remote

README.md

credits to https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13064613/how-to-prune-local-tracking-branches-that-do-not-exist-on-remote-anymore

usage:

git-remote-list-prune
git-remote-prune
git-remove-list-untracked
git-remove-untracked

or interactively:

do_git_remove_untracked

git-remove-untracked.zshrc

# for zsh in macos, linux may need to change something

alias git-remove-list-untracked='git fetch --prune && git branch -r | awk "{print \$1}" | egrep -v -f /dev/fd/0 <(git branch -vv | grep origin) | awk "{print \$1}"'
# for squashed merged PRs
alias git-remove-untracked='git fetch --prune && git branch -r | awk "{print \$1}" | egrep -v -f /dev/fd/0 <(git branch -vv | grep origin) | awk "{print \
$1}" | xargs git branch -D'
# for non-squashed merged PRs
#alias git-remove-untracked='git fetch --prune && git branch -r | awk "{print \$1}" | egrep -v -f /dev/fd/0 <(git branch -vv | grep origin) | awk "{print \
$1}" | xargs git branch -D'
alias git-remote-list-prune='git remote prune --dry-run origin'
alias git-remote-prune='git remote prune origin'

do_git_remove_untracked() {
    # Array of commands and their descriptions
    local commands=(
        "git-remote-list-prune:List and prune remote branches"
        "git-remote-prune:Prune stale remote branches"
        "git-remove-list-untracked:List untracked files for removal"
        "git-remove-untracked:Remove untracked files"
    )

    for cmd in "${commands[@]}"; do
        local command="${cmd%%:*}"  # Extract the command
        local description="${cmd#*:}"  # Extract the description

        while true; do
            echo -n "Do you want to run '${command}' (${description})? [y/n]: "
            read yn
            case $yn in
                [Yy]* )
                    echo "Running: $command"
                    eval $command
                    break
                    ;;
                [Nn]* )
                    echo "Skipped: $command"
                    break
                    ;;
                * )
                    echo "Please answer y or n."
                    ;;
            esac
        done
    done
}