Let's start by creating two patches. ``` (stderr) RAD_SOCKET=/dev/null $ git checkout -b feature/1 -q $ git commit --allow-empty -q -m "First change" $ git push rad HEAD:refs/patches ✓ Patch 696ec5508494692899337afe6713fe1796d0315c opened To rad://z42hL2jL4XNk6K8oHQaSWfMgCL7ji/z6MknSLrJoTcukLrE435hVNQT4JUhbvWLX4kUzqkEStBU8Vi * [new reference] HEAD -> refs/patches ``` ``` (stderr) RAD_SOCKET=/dev/null $ git checkout -b feature/2 -q master $ git commit --allow-empty -q -m "Second change" $ git push rad HEAD:refs/patches ✓ Patch 356f73863a8920455ff6e77cd9c805d68910551b opened To rad://z42hL2jL4XNk6K8oHQaSWfMgCL7ji/z6MknSLrJoTcukLrE435hVNQT4JUhbvWLX4kUzqkEStBU8Vi * [new reference] HEAD -> refs/patches ``` This creates some remote tracking branches for us: ``` $ git branch -r rad/master rad/patches/356f73863a8920455ff6e77cd9c805d68910551b rad/patches/696ec5508494692899337afe6713fe1796d0315c ``` And some remote refs: ``` $ rad inspect --refs z6MknSLrJoTcukLrE435hVNQT4JUhbvWLX4kUzqkEStBU8Vi └── refs    ├── cobs    │   ├── xyz.radicle.id    │   │   └── 0656c217f917c3e06234771e9ecae53aba5e173e    │   └── xyz.radicle.patch    │      ├── 356f73863a8920455ff6e77cd9c805d68910551b    │      └── 696ec5508494692899337afe6713fe1796d0315c    ├── heads    │   ├── master    │   └── patches    │      ├── 356f73863a8920455ff6e77cd9c805d68910551b    │      └── 696ec5508494692899337afe6713fe1796d0315c    └── rad       ├── id       └── sigrefs ``` Then let's merge the changes into `master`. ``` (stderr) RAD_SOCKET=/dev/null $ git checkout master Switched to branch 'master' $ git merge feature/1 $ git merge feature/2 ``` When we push to `rad/master`, we automatically merge the patches: ``` (stderr) RAD_SOCKET=/dev/null $ git push rad master ✓ Patch 356f73863a8920455ff6e77cd9c805d68910551b merged ✓ Patch 696ec5508494692899337afe6713fe1796d0315c merged ✓ Canonical head updated to d6399c71702b40bae00825b3c444478d06b4e91c To rad://z42hL2jL4XNk6K8oHQaSWfMgCL7ji/z6MknSLrJoTcukLrE435hVNQT4JUhbvWLX4kUzqkEStBU8Vi f2de534..d6399c7 master -> master ``` ``` $ rad patch --merged ╭─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮ │ ● ID Title Author Reviews Head + - Updated │ ├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ ✔ [ ... ] Second change alice (you) - daf349f +0 -0 now │ │ ✔ [ ... ] First change alice (you) - 20aa5dd +0 -0 now │ ╰─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯ $ rad patch show 356f73863a8920455ff6e77cd9c805d68910551b ╭────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮ │ Title Second change │ │ Patch 356f73863a8920455ff6e77cd9c805d68910551b │ │ Author alice (you) │ │ Head daf349ff76bedf48c5f292290b682ee7be0683cf │ │ Branches feature/2 │ │ Commits ahead 0, behind 2 │ │ Status merged │ ├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ daf349f Second change │ ├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ ● opened by alice (you) (daf349f) now │ │ └─ ✓ merged by alice (you) at revision 356f738 (d6399c7) now │ ╰────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯ ``` We can verify that the remote tracking branches were also deleted: ``` $ git branch -r rad/master ``` And so were the remote branches: ``` $ rad inspect --refs z6MknSLrJoTcukLrE435hVNQT4JUhbvWLX4kUzqkEStBU8Vi └── refs    ├── cobs    │   ├── xyz.radicle.id    │   │   └── 0656c217f917c3e06234771e9ecae53aba5e173e    │   └── xyz.radicle.patch    │      ├── 356f73863a8920455ff6e77cd9c805d68910551b    │      └── 696ec5508494692899337afe6713fe1796d0315c    ├── heads    │   └── master    └── rad       ├── id       └── sigrefs ```