From: Dmitry Potapov Date: Sun, 06 Jul 2008 18:34:31 GMT Subject: Re: error: unlink(.git/refs/remotes/origin/testbranch) failed: was remote does not support deleting refs Message-ID: <37fcd2780807061134l341ac676ueb674a976ce15e6f@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <48700FC2.8080307@gmx.de> Hi, [please do not top post] On Sun, Jul 06, 2008 at 02:20:18AM +0200, Martin wrote: >_ > But I get another error: > $ git push origin :testbranch > To ssh://myserver.com/my/path/to/repository > - [deleted] testbranch > error: unlink(.git/refs/remotes/origin/testbranch) failed: No such file_ > or directory > error: Failed to delete >_ > Any idea? It is harmless. It is just that "git push origin :refs/heads/testbranch" cannot remove your local reference to that branch because you already have removed it by running "git branch -d -r origin/testbranch" Normally you just run "git push origin :refs/heads/testbranch" without "git branch -d -r origin/testbranch" and then you will not have this error. Dmitry