I have a spicy git alias that allows me to "archive" old git branches by converting them to tags, making them less visible across git tooling. # ~/.gitconfig [alias] archive-branch = "!f() { \ : git switch; \ local git_branch=${1:-$(git branch --show-current)}; \ git co main && \ git tag archive/$git_branch $git_branch
  • Kissaki@programming.devEnglish
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    2 days ago

    You add more tags?

    In my main work projects I regularly archive tags into refs/archive/tags/* - which is hidden from normal tooling, but still accessible in Git and (some?) Git tooling and UIs.

    Branches get “path” prefixes like draft/* or other longterm category indications. I don’t archive them, but if I would, I would put them into non /refs/heads like /refs/archive/heads/*.