Pencils, Not Stencils: a Better Way to Prune Git Branches: Fzf and a Tiny Loop
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The article discusses using Fzf and a shell loop to efficiently prune Git branches, with the discussion touching on shell compatibility issues.
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chmaynard
about 2 months ago
I'm confused. Does zsh run scripts written in bash?
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