From 9fe8a35909b36324cf7841567961470bcb47964f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kevin Liu <kevinjqliu@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2026 09:16:43 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Enable branch deletion on merge

Enable automatic deletion of head branches after merging.
---
 .asf.yaml | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.asf.yaml b/.asf.yaml
index 43c9250c2b826..b719a495bd735 100644
--- a/.asf.yaml
+++ b/.asf.yaml
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ github:
     # enable updating head branches of pull requests
     allow_update_branch: true
     allow_auto_merge: true
+    # auto-delete head branches after being merged
+    del_branch_on_merge: true
 
 # publishes the content of the `asf-site` branch to
 # https://datafusion.apache.org/