This skill should be used when user asks to "clean gone branches", "remove deleted local branches", "prune branches removed from remote", or explicitly invokes "clean-gone-branches".
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name: clean-gone-branches
description: This skill should be used when user asks to "clean gone branches", "remove deleted local branches", "prune branches removed from remote", or explicitly invokes "clean-gone-branches".
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# Clean Gone Branches
Remove local git branches that have been deleted from the remote.
## Process
1. **Update remote references**
- Run `git fetch --prune`.
2. **Inspect local state**
- Run `git branch -vv` to find branches marked as `[gone]`.
- Run `git worktree list` to see whether any of those branches still have worktrees.
3. **Remove worktrees first**
- For each `[gone]` branch that still has a worktree, remove the worktree before deleting the branch.
4. **Delete the gone branches**
- Delete each local branch marked as `[gone]`.
5. **Report the result**
- List removed worktrees and deleted branches.
- If there are no `[gone]` branches, report that nothing needed cleanup.
