seachicken/gh-poi

Health v2 · maintenance only

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1010 stars · 40 forks observed · 2026-09-01

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

gh poi is a GitHub CLI extension that safely deletes local git branches whose pull requests have been merged, including squash-merged branches that lack merge history. It identifies branches via the GitHub API and protects active or locked branches from accidental deletion.

Use cases

• clean up local branches after squash merging pull requests
• delete merged branches without force-deleting active work
• find which local branches are safe to remove
• protect important branches from accidental deletion with locks
• preview branch deletions before running them
• clean up branches across forks with a deep scan

When to choose

• you squash-merge PRs and git branch -d fails due to missing merge history
• you want a safe, automated alternative to git branch -D
• you already use the GitHub CLI and want a subcommand-based workflow
• you work with forks and need thorough branch-to-PR matching

When to avoid

• you don't use GitHub or GitHub pull requests for your workflow
• you need to clean up branches in repos hosted outside GitHub
• you prefer a general-purpose git branch cleaner without PR awareness

Facets

cli-tool · maturity active

developer-tools cli version-control developer-tools version-control cli cross-platform gh-extension git-branch-cleanup github-cli branch-management command-line

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