# github-automatic-branch-deletion-experiment

**Repository Path**: mirrors_Automattic/github-automatic-branch-deletion-experiment

## Basic Information

- **Project Name**: github-automatic-branch-deletion-experiment
- **Description**: No description available
- **Primary Language**: Unknown
- **License**: Not specified
- **Default Branch**: master
- **Homepage**: None
- **GVP Project**: No

## Statistics

- **Stars**: 0
- **Forks**: 0
- **Created**: 2020-08-08
- **Last Updated**: 2026-01-03

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## README

This is a repo to experiment with GitHub's [automatic branch deletion](https://help.github.com/en/github/administering-a-repository/managing-the-automatic-deletion-of-branches).

What I want to verify is that if I have a protected branch, merging a PR where that branch is the head won't result in the branch deletion.

Example, merging `release/1.2.3` into `master` won't delete `release/1.2.3`.

This is important for us in the [Automattic](https://automattic.com) mobile division because we merge release branches into `master` and `develop` multiple times during their lifecycle.