From: Duy Nguyen Date: Sat, 09 Jul 2016 05:33:25 GMT Subject: Re: git branch doesn't allow me to forcibly delete branch which was checked out in a now-deleted worktree dir Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <20160707184408.GA1916@gmail.com> On Thu, Jul 7, 2016 at 8:44 PM, Erik Johnson wrote: > % git branch -D archive-extracted-xz > error: Cannot delete branch 'archive-extracted-xz' checked out at > '/home/erik/git/salt/archive-extracted-xz' This is from commit f292244 (branch -d: refuse deleting a branch which is currently checked out - 2016-03-29) which is about -d not -D, so it's probably an oversight. I think -D, as a forced form, should allow deleting branches on other worktrees, we could simply detach the worktree first. It's worth noting that before that commit, -D refuses to delete branch on current worktree as well and f292244 simply applies the same behavior on other worktrees. If we change the -D behavior about deleting branches on other worktrees, we may need to consider to keep the behavior on current branch, or treat it equally as any other worktrees. -- Duy