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title: Delete a Git Branch Both Locally and Remotely
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// locally ((if you know what you are doing!)
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git branch -d localBranchName
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// and then if you need to...
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// on remote
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git push origin :remoteBranchName
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## When to Delete branches?
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Normally in a contribution flow `Branches` are a great way to work on different features, fixes, etc. while isolating them from the main codebase. So a repo may have a `master` branch, and separate branches to work on different features.
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Typically once the work is completed on a feature and it is recommended to delete the branch.
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## The Delete workflow:
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Lets say you have a repo called as `AwesomeRepo`, and its hosted on Github, at a location such as `https://github.com/my_username/AwesomeRepo`.
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Also lets assume it has the branches like:
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`master`
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`feature/some-cool-new-stuff`
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`fix/authentication`
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`staging`
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For consistency we will assume branch names are same on `local` as well as on the `remote`.
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Now, lets say you are done with that fix for authentication and want to remove the branch `fix/authentication`.
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## Deleting the branch REMOTELY:
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Simply do:
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`git push --delete <remote> <branch>`.
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For example: `git branch --delete origin fix/authentication`
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If you get the error
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error: unable to push to unqualified destination: remoteBranchName The destination refspec neither matches an existing ref on the remote nor begins with refs/, and we are unable to guess a prefix based on the source ref. error: failed to push some refs to 'git@repository_name'
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Perhaps someone else has already deleted the branch. Try to synchronize your branch list using
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git fetch -p
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The git manual says -p, --prune After fetching, remove any remote-tracking branches which no longer exist on the remote.
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## Deleting the branch LOCALLY:
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First checkout to a branch other that the one you want to delete:
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`git checkout <branch>`.
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For example: `git checkout master`
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Git will not let you delete the branch you are currently on.
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Then proceed with deleting:
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`git branch -D <branch>`.
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For example: `git branch -D fix/authentication` |