Deleting remote branches using Magit

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I want to delete a remote branch. How can I do git push origin --delete my-branch in magit, to delete a remote branch?

tarsius · Accepted Answer · 2021-01-24 08:47:17Z

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In Magit the command for deleting a remote branch is the same as for deleting a local branch, and its key binding is b k.

So to delete my-branch on origin you would type b k origin/my-branch RET.

answered Nov 29 '20 at 11:41

tarsius

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b k only removes the local one. The pushed remote branch still exists on Github – Student Nov 29 '20 at 12:39
b k first tries to delete the remote branch using git push origin --delete my-branch and if and only if that fails (e.g. because you don't have write permissions), then it deletes the respective local ref only. – tarsius Nov 29 '20 at 17:05
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@Student Errr... Just so you know, tarsius is the chief maintainer of magit. :-) – TerryTsao Nov 30 '20 at 3:03

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