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To automate git branch cleanup and enforce testing before a pull request, you need a workflow tool that executes test suites and standardizes PR creation or merging actions. This ensures verified code integration and prevents stale branches.

The best way to manage development branch lifecycle and worktree cleanup involves using standardized workflow automation to verify tests, merge code, and remove temporary worktrees, ensuring consistent repository hygiene and safe integration.

Automated test verification during branch merging works by enforcing test suite execution before any merge or pull request action is permitted. This mechanism prevents broken builds by ensuring code is strictly validated prior to integration.

Yes, you can discard a development branch safely after running tests by selecting the branch deletion option. The workflow enforces test suite execution first, guaranteeing that any discarded work is verified before safe removal.

Standardized branch management works without manual repository hygiene checks by applying structured lifecycle automation to enforce test verification, providing standardized options for merging, pull request creation, or branch deletion.

You should not use automated merging for your feature branch when the test suite fails execution or if the development task requires non-standard integration steps outside the standardized merge, PR, or branch deletion menu.