If we want to delete a branch (such as the 'testing' branch in the
previous example, since there is no unique work on it),
- we can run git branch -d (branch) to remove it.
+ we can run git branch -d (branch) to remove it.
$ git branch
@@ -215,6 +215,37 @@ Deleted branch testing (was 78b2670).
* master
+ When you're done with a remote branch, whether it's been merged
+ into the remote master or you want to abandon it and sweep it under
+ the rug, you'll issue a git push command with a specially
+ placed colon symbol to remove that branch.
+$ git push origin :tidy-cutlery +To git@github.com:octocat/Spoon-Knife.git + - [deleted] tidy-cutlery ++ +
In the above example you've deleted the "tidy-cutlery" branch
+ of the "origin" remote. A way to remember this is to think of the
+ git push remote-name local-branch:remote-branch syntax.
+ This states that you want to push your local branch to match that
+ of the remote. When you remove the local-branch portion
+ you're now matching nothing to the remote, effectively telling the
+ remote branch to become nothing.
+
Alternatively, you can run
+ git push remote-name --delete branchname
+ which is a wrapper for the colon refspec (a source:destination pair)
+ of deleting a remote branch.
+
In a nutshell you use git branch to list your
current branches, create new branches and delete unnecessary or