In this post I present a solution on how to delete a git branch from the local and remote repository.
Delete a git branch from the local repository
The following command deletes the given branch from the local repository
git branch -d <branch_name>
<branch_name>shall be replaced with your branch name,-Doption is a shortcut for--delete --force. The-for--forcein combination with-d(or--delete), allows deleting the branch irrespective of its merged status. [source: man git-branch]
If you are on the branch which you would like to delete, then you will get the following error message
error: Cannot delete branch 'test' checked out at <git_folder_path>
In this case you must switch to another branch, such as master or main:
git checkout main
after that, you can delete the desired branch.
Delete a git branch from the remote repository
In order to delete the branch from the remote repository type the following git command to the command line:
git push -d origin <branch_name>
-d(or--delete) deletes all listed refs from the remote repository. [source: man git-branch]
The remote repository name (
origin) might vary for you.
The following command shall be executed by other team members to remove/delete the corresponding branch from their local repository:
git fetch --all --prune
Demonstration
The video below demonstrates the described commands above: