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Sort deleted branches from all branches

See original GitHub issue

Describe the feature or problem you’d like to solve

When I merge a pull request and delete the branch I’m working on, or when I simply delete the branch because it’s unnecessary, the local branch still appears in the Recent branches section of the branch user interface in the app.

Proposed solution

Currently branches are sorted by Default, Recent, and Other. I’m proposing we add a Deleted section. As noted in this issue #5893, the team has avoided deleting local branches because it’s a destructive action.

I think adding a Deleted section would help solve the problem of having branches all mixed in together completely unsorted in Recents (and Other). It’d circumvent the headache of destroying the local copy of the branch as well.

Additional context

Related Issues

#8048 #750

Issue Analytics

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Created 3 years ago
Reactions:7
Comments:9

Top GitHub Comments

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tyirvinecommented, Feb 25, 2021

If a branch is deleted it should not be displayed at all. If I delete something, I don’t want it to go in a different section, I want it gone. Maybe the ability to archive branches would be a better fit?

Github Desktop will prune a local copy of the repository if that repository is connected to Github.com.

Pruning only happens after 14 days on branches where there’s no un-merged work. https://github.com/desktop/desktop/issues/750#issuecomment-644805099

I’m proposing that local branches deleted on Github.com are moved to a ‘Deleted’ section so as to convey that they’re marked for deletion/pruning.

It’d be nice if there was an option to reduce the pruning wait period to 0 days but I understand they want to be careful about what they add when it comes to deletion.

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olsgreencommented, Feb 25, 2021

If a branch is deleted it should not be displayed at all. If I delete something, I don’t want it to go in a different section, I want it gone. Maybe the ability to archive branches would be a better fit?

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