Once a branch is merged, it serves no purpose except for historical research. It is common and recommended practice to delete the branch after a successful merge.
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This guide covers how to delete local and remote Git branches. The git branch command allows you to list, create #Smartgit ignore folder how to#
To delete a local Git branch, invoke the git branch command with the -d ( -delete) option followed by the branch name: git branch -d branch_name Deleted branch branch_name (was 17d9aa0). If you are sure you want to delete it, run 'git branch -D branch_name'.Īs you can see from the message above, to force the deletion of a branch,use the -D option which is a shortcut for -delete -force: git branch -D branch_name If you try to delete a branch that has unmerged changes, you’ll receive the following error message: error: The branch 'branch_name' is not fully merged. Please note, if you delete an unmerged branch, you will lose all the changes on that branch. If you try to remove the current branch, you’ll get the following message: error: Cannot delete branch 'branch_name' checked out at '/path/to/repository' To list all the branches that contain unmerged changes, use the git branch -no-merged command. First, switch to another branch and then delete the branch_name: git checkout master git branch -d branch_name Delete a Remote Git Branch # You can’t delete the branch you’re currently on. In Git, local and remote branches are separate objects. To delete a remote branch, use the git push command with the -d ( -delete) option: git push remote_name -delete branch_name Deleting a local branch doesn’t remove the remote branch. There is also an alternative command to delete a remote branch, that is, at least for me, harder to remember: git push origin remote_name :branch_name Where remote_name is usually origin: git push origin -delete branch_name. Additionally, SmartGit doesn’t integrate with popular issue trackers like Jira, limiting a development team’s visibility into time-sensitive or mission-critical projects.
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