delete-merged-branch-config.md

Branch cleanup Action

GitHub action delete branchs after pull-request is merged

GitHub action using @jessfraz implementation described in her blog post.

Screenshot

File Location

• delete-merged-branch-config.yml - under .github folder

Setup

Just change the branches that you want to perform the action and move the file delete-merged-branch-config.yml into .github/workspace.

Notice that the branch deleted will be the one that you open the pull request, and not the ones you specify bellow. For exemple: feature/label to develop, the branch deleted will be feature/label and not develop.

branches:
      - master
      - develop*

Security

You might be thinking if it will delete some branch that not meant to be deleted.

• Deleted branches can be recovered
• You can protect your branches