title: When is the right time to delete a git feature branch?
body: <p>I don't want to end up with <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2353804/list-git-branches-that-can-safely-be-deleted">82 feature branches hanging around</a>, so I'm wondering what the potential drawbacks are to simply deleting the feature branch as soon as I merge it to master.</p>
  
  <p>Workflow:</p>
  
  <pre><code>git co -b feat-xyz
  hack hack
  git ci
  hack some more
  git ci
  git co master
  git merge feat-xyz
  smoke test
  git br -d feat-xyz
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Any issues here?</p>