delete stale remote branches with git

You delete remote branches with git simply with:
git push origin :branchname

I noticed I see this deleted branch when I do git branch -a on my laptop. The way you delete the remote branch from your local list of remote branches is with this:

git branch -rd origin/branchname

References:

http://help.github.com/remotes/

 

Posted by Altug Sahin on November 25, 2011

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