finishing-a-development-branch

To safely merge a finished git branch, you must verify the project test suite first, detect the base branch, and then choose between local merge, push-and-PR, keeping, or discarding with worktree cleanup.

The best way to clean up a git worktree after merging is to select the local merge or discard option in a fixed four-option workflow, which automatically handles worktree cleanup for the deleted or integrated branch.

Yes, the branch finishing workflow supports creating a pull request by selecting the push-and-PR option after test validation and base-branch detection confirm the feature is ready for integration.

To discard a git development branch without orphaned worktrees, use a discard confirmation step that ensures the branch is abandoned and the associated worktree is properly removed during cleanup.

If test validation fails before a branch merge, the fixed four-option completion workflow is blocked, preventing the local merge, pull request, or discard actions from proceeding until tests pass.