cannot remove remote branch name

Hello,

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.

The 'remotes/origin/test' was removed in remote side.

Thanks, namsh

On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 2:57 AM, SungHyun Nam <goweol@gmail.com> wrote:

$ git remote prune origin

SungHyun Nam <goweol@gmail.com> writes:

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.