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Re: stgit: cleaning up after using git branch delete commands

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CMCatalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Date
Nov 7, 2007, 14:57 UTC
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"Jon Smirl" <jonsmirl@gmail.com> wrote:
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> I've used git commands to delete several branches that had stgit
> active on it.  Doing that has left a bunch of clutter in the .git
> directory. Is there a stgit command to remove all the clutter from
> branches that no longer exist? I'd like to use the branch names again
> but the clutter is interfering.

You can create the branch back with GIT and run "stg branch --delete --force", though I don't guarantee it will work (BTW, I only recently relaxed the branch deletion rules in StGIT so that it doesn't complain of missing files and completes the operation, so you should use the latest HEAD).

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Catalin
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