cannot remove remote branch name

cannot remove remote branch name

[SungHyun Nam]

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

Re: cannot remove remote branch name

[Erik Faye-Lund]

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

$ git remote prune origin

-- 
Erik "kusma" Faye-Lund

Re: cannot remove remote branch name

[Junio C Hamano]

SungHyun Nam <goweol@gmail.com> writes:

> 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.

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.