🌿 Branch Reaper

Interactively sweep your repository for dead local Git branches and mass-delete them.

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Every developer has a graveyard of 50+ local Git branches (fix-header, test-123, old-feature) that they forgot to delete.

Branch Reaper is a beautiful, interactive CLI that scans your git repository, color-codes your local branches by age (highlighting ancient ones in red), and lets you safely mass-delete them in seconds.

✨ Features

• 🕒 Smart Age Detection: Sorts your branches by last commit date and color-codes them (e.g. 2 years ago is marked red).
• 🛡️ Safety First: Prevents you from deleting your current active branch.
• ⚡ Mass Deletion: Interactively select as many branches as you want using the Spacebar, or press a to select them all.
• 🎨 Premium UX: Built with inquirer to ensure bulletproof scrolling, custom ASCII art, and satisfying UI feedback.

🚀 Installation

Run it instantly anywhere without installing:

npx branch-reaper

Or install it globally:

npm install -g branch-reaper

🎮 Usage

Navigate to any git repository and run:

branch-reaper

Controls:

• ↑ / ↓ : Navigate the list of branches.
• Space : Select branches to delete.
• a : Select ALL branches.
• i : Invert selection.
• Enter : Proceed to deletion.

Architected by @lakshanmuruganandam

Because nobody needs that test-final-final-2 branch from 2023.