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Re: Deleting remote branches

From
Jon Seymour <jon.seymour@gmail.com>
Date
Jun 20, 2010, 04:49 UTC
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You probably should have used git remote rm PCM which will maintain the consistency between .git/config and .git/refs/remotes

Probably easiest thing to do would be to add a remote called PCM back, then remove it with git remote rm PCM.

jon.
On Sun, Jun 20, 2010 at 4:17 AM, jhapk <pradeep.kumar.jha@gmail.com> wrote:
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>
> Hi,
>
> I added a remote called PCM to my repository. So when I do a
> $git branch -a
>
> It shows me all the branches of the remote. I decided I don't want the
> remote anymore, so I deleted it from my .git/config file and did
> $git remote update
>
> The first command verified that PCM is not a remote anymore, but still when
> I do a $git branch -a,  I see all the branches of PCM.
>
> How do I get rid of it?
>
> Thanks
>
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  1. jhapkJun 19, 2010
  2. Jon SeymourJun 20, 2010

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