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Git - xargs with git branch - fatal: branch name required
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When I execute command line:
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git branch | grep -v "master" | xargs git branch -DI get error:
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fatal: branch name requiredI'd like to execute another command after &&
but when I get this error it won't work
Just add to xargs
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--no-run-if-empty// your command fixed
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git branch | grep -v "master" | xargs --no-run-if-empty git branch -DExplanation:
// when we don't have any local branches except master, run:
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git branch | grep -v "master" | xargs git branch -D// we will get error:
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fatal: branch name required// FIX - add '--no-run-if-empty' to xargs
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git branch | grep -v "master" | xargs --no-run-if-empty git branch -D// we will get no result
From xargs man:
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-r, --no-run-if-empty2
If the standard input does not contain any nonblanks, do not3
run the command. Normally, the command is run once even if4
there is no input. This option is a GNU extension.manuals:
http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/xargs.1.html
https://git-scm.com/docs/git-branch