Delete a git branch locally and remotely

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I’m trying to delete a branch locally as well remotely but its giving errors

$ git branch -d remotes/origin/bugfix
error: branch 'remotes/origin/bugfix' not found.
$ git branch -d origin/bugfix
error: branch 'origin/bugfix' not found.
$ git branch -rd origin/bugfix
Deleted remote branch origin/bugfix (was 2a14ef7).
$ git push
Everything up-to-date
$ git pull
From github.com:gituser/gitproject
* [new branch] bugfix -> origin/bugfix
Already up-to-date.

What am I supposed to do?

Aug 17, 2018 in Git & GitHub by Hannah
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2 answers to this question.

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Delete local branch

$ git branch -d branch_name
$ git branch -D branch_name

Delete remote branch

$ git push <remote_name> --delete <branch_name>

Then you should execute this on other machines

git fetch --all --prune

to propagate changes.

answered Aug 17, 2018 by Kalgi
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Deleting a remote branch:

git push origin --delete <branch>  # Git version 1.7.0 or newer
git push origin :<branch>          # Git versions older than 1.7.0

Deleting a local branch:

git branch --delete <branch>
git branch -d <branch> # Shorter version
git branch -D <branch> # Force delete un-merged branches

Deleting a local remote-tracking branch:

git branch --delete --remotes <remote>/<branch>
git branch -dr <remote>/<branch> # Shorter
git fetch <remote> --prune # Delete multiple obsolete tracking branches
git fetch <remote> -p      # Shorter
answered Aug 20, 2018 by Nilesh
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