My team uses Git for source control. And since we created a bunch of branches for features on the application, we ended up with a ton of branches on our Git repository. While this is not something we cared about initially, the rising number of branches grew rapidly and soon got out of control. This, in turn, resulted in slowing down our Git commands because Git now had to handle the unused branches.
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This was a challenge that I was interested in solving. In this post, we assess the problems associated with too many Git branches, problem-solving, and a solution to slow Git commands. Let's get started.