To tidy up a repository with lots of merged branches, you can use this script: http://snippets.freerobby.com/post/491644841/remove-merged-branches-in-git http:/

To tidy up a repository with lots of merged branches, you can use this script: http://snippets.freerobby.com/post/491644841/remove-merged-branches-in-git http://snippets.freerobby.com/post/491644841/remove-merged-b... Although it seems the best approach would be to actually keep the branch pointers around, but have a way of hiding them to reduce the clutter