From: Junio C Hamano Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2012 04:14:43 GMT Subject: Re: How do I delete a remote branch with a period in the name? Message-ID: <7vsjd9wkek.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: "jonsmirl@gmail.com" writes: > jonsmirl@smirl2:/home/apps/florida/lpc31xx$ git push origin :fl.stg > error: unable to push to unqualified destination: fl.stg > The destination refspec neither matches an existing ref on the remote nor > begins with refs/, and we are unable to guess a prefix based on the source ref. The message seems to be saying that fl.stg is not specific enough perhaps? What does "git ls-remote origin | grep fl.stg" say? If it says refs/smirl/fl.stg, for example, you can be specific as the message suggests, e.g. "git push origin :refs/smirl/fl.stg" or something like that?