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Re: Unable to remove git branch

From
Mathias Lafeldt <misfire@debugon.org>
Date
Oct 29, 2010, 07:56 UTC
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Mathias Lafeldt wrote:
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> Sascha Peilicke wrote:
>> Hi guys,
>>
>> I accidentally did an 'git co -b --track origin/foo' ending up with a local 
>> branch '--track'. Sadly, git is unable to remove or rename that branch because 
>> it always interprets it as a parameter. 
>>
>> As a consequence, 'git br -d "--track"' does nothing and 'git br -m "--track" 
>> foo' even renames the current branch, say, master,  to 'foo'. Any hints on how 
>> to get rid of that pesky branch?
>>
>> BTW please CC me as I'm not subscribed to this list.
> 
> Try:
> 
> $ git br -D -- --track
It really should be:
$ git branch -D -- --track
('br' is an alias of mine)
Sorry for the noise.
-Mathias
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