How To Install git-delete-merged-branches on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install git-delete-merged-branches on Debian 12.
What is git-delete-merged-branches
git-delete-merged-branches is:
A convenient command-line tool helping you keep repositories clean.
Features:
- Supports deletion of both local and remote branches
- Detects multiple forms of de-facto merges (rebase merges, squash merges (needs –effort=3), single or range cherry-picks?? leveraging git cherry)
- Supports workflows with multiple release branches, e.g. only delete branches that have been merged to all of master, dev and staging
- Quick interactive configuration
- Provider agnostic: Works with GitHub, GitLab, Gitea and any other Git hosting
- Takes safety seriously
This package contains the command line interface.
There are three methods to install git-delete-merged-branches on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install git-delete-merged-branches Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install git-delete-merged-branches using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install git-delete-merged-branches
Install git-delete-merged-branches Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install git-delete-merged-branches using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install git-delete-merged-branches
Install git-delete-merged-branches Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install git-delete-merged-branches using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install git-delete-merged-branches
How To Uninstall git-delete-merged-branches on Debian 12
To uninstall only the git-delete-merged-branches package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove git-delete-merged-branches
Uninstall git-delete-merged-branches And Its Dependencies
To uninstall git-delete-merged-branches and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove git-delete-merged-branches
Remove git-delete-merged-branches Configurations and Data
To remove git-delete-merged-branches configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge git-delete-merged-branches
Remove git-delete-merged-branches configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove git-delete-merged-branches configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge git-delete-merged-branches
Dependencies
git-delete-merged-branches have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install git-delete-merged-branches package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
