How to auto delete branches if PR is closed?-CodePudding

I know we can auto delete branches when PR gets merged on Github. Is there a way we can get branches to auto delete when PR is closed?

I do not see an option in Settings tab of Repo for deleting branches when PR gets closed

CodePudding user response：

While completing the PR, we have a Checkbox, when selected will delete the source branch as soon as we complete the PR.

As soon as you click on Complete, there is a Checkbox for Deleting the source branch. Select the respective Checkbox, and Click on Complete to complete the PR and for deleting the SOURCE branch.

CodePudding user response：

As there is no inbuilt functionality for this on Github, I used github actions for this. Here's a snippet on how we can get this done:

 steps:
      - name: Delete closed PR branch
        uses: dawidd6/action-delete-branch@v3
        with:
          github_token: ${{github.token}}
          numbers: ${{github.event.pull_request.number}}