In a git repository, a remote branch I am not tracking was deleted. When I type
git branch -r
the deleted branch still shows up (and I can check it out)
What git command do I have to run to update this info?
great tip! however, in this case, there are several branches that were already deleted, surely there is a command to fetch these updates
Bain Markev
2010-10-22 02:24:54
+2
A:
If you perform something like
git branch -d -r remote_name/branch_name
you only remove your local checkout. This command doesn't do anything to the remote repository, which is why it still shows up.
Solution:
git push origin :branch_name
will remove the the remote branch (note the ':'), and
git branch -d branch_name
will remove your local checkout.
Garrett Hyde
2010-10-22 02:32:40
You can also run 'git remote prune origin' to clean-up your remote references.
Casey
2010-10-22 02:44:22
That will remove all branches that are no longer tracked by the remote repository. So, just be careful.
Garrett Hyde
2010-10-22 02:51:24
A:
If it were branches in remote repository that got deleted, and you want to update all local remote-tracking branches at once, you can use
$ git remote prune <remotename>
to delete all stale remote-tracking branches for a given remote (i.e. those that follow branches which were removed in remote repository).
See git remote documentation.
Jakub Narębski
2010-10-22 07:00:32