Re: cannot remove remote branch name

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Jan 5, 2010, 02:18 UTC
Message-ID: <7vskal9tvu.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <hhu694$3v9$1@ger.gmane.org>

SungHyun Nam <goweol@gmail.com> writes:

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> How I can remove remote branch name if it already removed
> in remote side?
>
> $ git branch -a
> * master
>   remotes/origin/HEAD -> origin/master
>   remotes/origin/master
>   remotes/origin/test
> $ git branch -D -r test
> error: remote branch 'test' not found.
> $ git branch -D -r remotes/origin/test
> error: remote branch 'remotes/origin/test' not found.
> $ git branch -D remotes/origin/test
> error: branch 'remotes/origin/test' not found.

Hmm, you tried "test" and then "remotes/origin/test"?

The way I would have guessed what to give the command is:

 1. "branch -D -r test" wouldn't make sense, as git wouldn't know 'test'
    of which remote I am trying to remove;

 2. "-r" already tells git that I am talking about remote, so perhaps
    "branch -D -r origin/test" would work without me saying "remotes/".

"git branch -[dD]" doesn't go over the network, so it doesn't matter if it is already removed on the remote side or not.