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Re:I found a useful Git one liner buried in leaked CIA devel... by embedding-shape on Friday February 20, 2026 @10:42AM (#47089432)
> Dont most git instances, like github, delete branch after a PR was merged, by default?

By default, I don't think so. And even if the branch is deleted, objects can still be there. I think GitLab has a "Clean stale objects" thing you can trigger, I don't seem to recall ever seeing any "Git Maintenance" UI actions on GitHub so not sure how it works there.

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Re:I found a useful Git one liner buried in leaked CIA devel... by Izkata on Saturday February 21, 2026 @03:56AM (#47098845)
> I think GitLab has a "Clean stale objects" thing you can trigger

This deletes orphaned objects in commits that are unreachable after force-pushes or deleting branches or such, it doesn't delete branches itself.

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