Here’s another nugget on how to list merged and unmerged Git branches. Personally, I don’t find it much useful, but who knows. Maybe you need to do a cleanup by removing every merged branch to main.
Prerequisites
- Git
Solution
Merged branches
List all branches merged into main branch from both local and remote:
git branch -a --merged main
Local branches only:
git branch --merged main
Remote branches only:
git branch -r --merged main
Note(s): If you omit the branch main by default it will point to whatever HEAD points to, or simply put the tip of the current branch. Anyhow, you could specify another branch or even a commit ID.
Unmerged branches
List all branches that are not merged yet into main from both local and remote:
git branch -a --no-merged main
Local branches only:
git branch --no-merged main
Remote branches only:
git branch -r --no-merged main
Note(s): As with the --merged parameter, the same goes with this one. You have the option to specify a commit ID or another branch as well.
Conclusion
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