Delete merged branches with the repository setting, not a workflow - #16
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The "Automatically delete head branches" repository setting has been turned on, which does the same job as the workflow added in #15 — so the workflow is now redundant. The setting wins on what matters here: it cannot fail, because there is no runner, no token and no job to queue, and it costs no Actions minutes on every merge. The workflow's one advantage was being visible in the tree, and that is worth less than a mechanism with nothing to break. Removes `.github/workflows/delete-merged-branch.yml`. Behaviour is unchanged — merged head branches are still deleted automatically, and the setting leaves fork branches and closed-without-merge pull requests alone on its own. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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The "Automatically delete head branches" repository setting has been turned on, which does the same
job as the workflow added in #15 — so the workflow is now redundant.
The setting wins on what matters here: it cannot fail, because there is no runner, no token and no
job to queue, and it costs no Actions minutes on every merge. The workflow's one advantage was being
visible in the tree, and that is worth less than a mechanism with nothing to break.
Removes
.github/workflows/delete-merged-branch.yml. Behaviour is unchanged — merged head branchesare still deleted automatically, and the setting leaves fork branches and closed-without-merge pull
requests alone on its own.