Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > Having said all that, I do not mind if somebody wanted to further > extend builtin/branch.c:branch_merged() so that users can explicitly > configure a set of reference branches. "The 'master' and 'maint' > are the integration branches that are used in this repository. > Unless the history of a local branch is fully merged to one of > these, 'git branch -d' of such a local branch will stop." may be a > reasonable thing to do. If anybody is interested in doing this, I think the design should also make sure these branches that are designated as reference branches are protected from 'git branch -d'.
