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How to change branch from 'Active branch' status to 'Merged branch'

Juan Sebastian Marin

Good morning,

I would like to know how I can change a branch after merging it with the main branch so that it appears in the 'Merged Branches' filter and not in 'Active branches'

Despite creating a pull request or performing a direct merge, the merged branch always remains in the 'Active branch' filter and I want it to only be visible from 'Merged branches' once merged, but I can't find a solution

I appreciate the information you can provide me.

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Theodora Boudale

Hi @Juan Sebastian Marin and welcome to the community!

Any branch that shares history with the repository's main branch but is ahead of the repository's main branch by some commits that are not yet present within the main branch, is considered an active branch. If you merge branchA into the main branch with a merge commit, then branchA should move to Merged branches.

What kind of merge strategy are you using when merging a PR? Is it merge commit, squash, or fast-forward?
Are you indeed merging into the repo's main branch, as listed on the Branches page of the repo?
After you merge a branch: when you look at the Branches page, what does the Ahead column show for the branch you merged?
If you select the 3 dots in Actions for the branch you merged > select Compare, does the Commits tab show any commits on this compare page (make sure that the compare is done between the branches you merged)?

Kind regards,
Theodora

Ahmad Khatoun

@Theodora Boudale Essentially your software is forcing users to use Fast Foward or delete branches to be able to organize branches in any meaningful way.

Is there any way to override what counts as active or perhaps organize by git tag?

This is extremely frustrating, since we're forced to delete branches that may have valuable information or deal with uncertainty regarding which branches are still active

Theodora Boudale

Hi Ahmad and welcome to the community.

I'm afraid that there is no way to override what counts as an active branch or organize by tags. It is possible to filter by branch type (next to the Active branches filter) if you use certain prefixes for your branches. These prefixes can be configured by admins in the page Repository settings > Branching model.

What merge strategy do you use? Using the merge commit strategy will also make the branch appear in Merged branches. However, if you use the Squash strategy, the branch will still show as Active.

Kind regards,
Theodora

Ahmad Khatoun

Yes, I'm aware the Squash strategy will still show as Active. That's what my point is here.

I'm aware I can filter by prefixes and can set those in the Branching model.

However that creates an issue where branches have to constantly be renamed and their may be a disconnect with local versions.

Currently we have to rely on tags, which works okay enough, but still creates disparities with local versions of the repo if users aren't regularly pruning & fetching tags.

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