sync-stale-branches

Stale branch cleanup involves identifying diverged remote branches, classifying them as EMPTY, COVERED, or having UNIQUE work, and automatically rescuing unique commits before resetting the branches to the develop branch.

The best way to rescue unique work from diverged Git branches is to extract the unique commits and save them to the correct feature branch before resetting the stale branch back to the develop branch.

Automated branch maintenance classifies stale Git branches by analyzing their divergence from the develop branch to determine if they are EMPTY, COVERED by existing work, or contain UNIQUE commits that need to be rescued.

No manual configuration is required for stale branch cleanup. The process operates with no user intervention, assuming only that Git and the necessary Git features for branch pruning and resetting are present in the repository.

Yes, you can synchronize diverged branches to the develop branch automatically by running a script that rescues unique work, resets stale branches, and verifies that all branches are back in sync with the develop branch.

You should avoid automated stale branch cleanup if your repository lacks the necessary Git features for pruning and resetting, or if your workflow does not rely on a central develop branch for synchronization.