Systematic approach to cleaning up stale git worktrees, orphan branches, and branch hygiene at scale across multiple repos
Scanned 9/9/2026
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name: git-worktree-cleanup-and-branch-hygiene
description: Systematic approach to cleaning up stale git worktrees, orphan branches, and branch hygiene at scale across multiple repos
version: 1.0.0
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extracted: 2026-04-14
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tags: ["git", "workflow", "automation", "repository-maintenance"]
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# Git Worktree Cleanup and Branch Hygiene at Scale
When managing automation-heavy repos with accumulated stale worktrees and branches: (1) identify worktrees attached to merged branches via `git worktree list`, (2) remove them with `git worktree remove` before deleting branches (worktrees block deletion), (3) categorize remaining branches by lifecycle (worktree-agent remnants, orphan pre-restructure branches with no common ancestor, superseded feature branches, protected branches), (4) delete merged branches remotely first, then locally, (5) for unmerged branches with value, dry-run merges and resolve conflicts by keeping the current main version if divergence predates recent updates. This prevents disk bloat and merge conflicts from automation artifacts.Is this your skill, or is something wrong with this listing? Request removal or report an issue. Author removals are honored within 72 hours.
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