1. First, ensure you’re on the correct branch:

bash

git branch

2. If you need to switch branches:

bash

git checkout <branch-name>

3. Fetch all remote changes to see what’s new:

bash

git fetch --all

4. Pull the latest changes from the remote repository:

bash

git pull origin <branch-name>

If you’re working on a feature branch, you might also want to make sure it’s up to date with the main branch:

bash

git checkout <feature-branch>
git pull origin main

Delete all the local branches which aren’t in the repo anymore.

git branch --delete --force $(git branch -vv | grep ': gone]' | awk '{print $1}')

Delete stale branches

git fetch --prune 

Then you will have to delete the local stale branches.

# List all branches (both local and remote)
git branch -a

Then find the stale branch and run.

# Delete a local branch if needed
git branch -d <state_branch>

Use a lowercase -d when deleting as you will only delete stale branches this way.

Still looking into a way to do this seamlessly through VSCode, say after a Pull Request.