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[keploy]

How To Delete Local And Remote Branches In Git: A Complete Guide

Deleting a Local Branch in Git To delete a local branch, use one of these commands: Deleting a Remote Branch in Git To delete a branch from a remote repository (like GitHub or GitLab):

Local Branch vs. Remote Branch in Git

Understanding the difference between local and remote branches is crucial for working with Git effectively.

Local Branch

Location: Exists only on your machine.

Purpose: For individual development; changes here won’t affect other developers. It’s where you do your day-to-day development and changes.

You can create, delete, and modify it without affecting other developers.

Command to List Local Branches: git branch

Remote Branch

Location: Exists on a remote server (e.g., GitHub, GitLab).

Purpose: For collaboration; changes here are accessible to the team, allowing multiple people to work on the same branch.

You need to fetch or pull changes from the remote to sync it with your local branch.

Command to List Remote Branches: git branch -r

Key Differences Between Local and Remote Branches

Feature

Local Branch

Remote Branch

Location

Exists on your machine only

Exists on a remote server

Collaboration

Used for individual work

Used for collaboration with the team

Creation/Deletion

Only affects your local repository

Affects everyone who accesses the remote

Syncing

You can work offline

Requires fetching or pulling updates

Understanding with an example

Let’s walk through a practical example.

Step 1: Cloning the Repository

Let us clone a basic repo from GitHub git clone git@github.com:TvisharajiK/sample.git #git shows the below Cloning into 'sample'... remote: Enumerating objects: 3, done. remote: Counting objects: 100% (3/3), done. remote: Total 3 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0), pack-reused 0 (from 0) Receiving objects: 100% (3/3), done.

Navigate to the cloned directory and check the available branches:cd sample git branch -a * main remotes/origin/HEAD -> origin/main remotes/origin/main

Currently, we have only the main branch in the sample repository.

Step 2: Working with Local Branches

Let's create a local branch named try$ git checkout -b try Switched to a new branch 'try'

Deleting the Feature Branch

Now, try to delete the try branch using the -d option:$ git branch -d try error: Cannot delete branch 'try' checked out at '/Users/tvisharaji/sample'

You’ll encounter an error since you cannot delete the currently checked-out branch.

Switching to the Main Branch

Switch to the main branch to delete try:$ git checkout main Switched to branch 'main'

Now, delete the try branch again:$ git branch -d try Deleted branch feature (was 3aac499)

Deleting a Local Branch With the -D Option

Let’s recreate the try branch and make some changes:$ git checkout -b try $ echo "trying this" >> README.md $ git add README.md $ git commit -m 'Add to README'

Attempting to delete the branch with -d again, it will show an error because it contains unmerged changes:$ git branch -d try error: The branch 'try' is not fully merged.

Force Deletion

To force delete the branch, use:$ git branch -D try Deleted branch try (was 4a87db9)

Understanding Local Branch Deletion

It’s important to note that using -d or -D will only remove the local branch; any corresponding remote branch will remain unaffected.

Deleting a Remote Branch

To delete a remote branch, use one of the following commands:

For Git versions 1.7.0 and later:git push origin --delete <branchName>

Creating and Pushing a Remote Branch

Let’s create a tryrem branch, make some changes, and push it to the remote repository:$ git checkout -b tryrem $ echo "trying for the Remote branch" > remote.txt $ git add remote.txt $ git commit -m 'Add remote.txt' $ git push origin tryrem

Deleting the Remote Branch

To remove the remote tryrem branch:$ git push origin --delete tryrem

After executing this command, the remote branch is deleted, but your local branch will still exist.

Conclusion

In this article, we explored how to delete local and remote branches in Git. Here’s a quick summary:

Delete a local branch: git branch -d <branchName> or git branch -D <branchName> for force deletion.

Delete a remote branch: git push origin --delete <branchName>

FAQ

What command do I use to delete a local branch in Git?

To delete a local branch safely, use:bashCopy codegit branch -d <branchName>To force delete a local branch, use:bashCopy codegit branch -D <branchName>

How do I delete a remote branch in Git?

To delete a remote branch, use one of the following commands:bashCopy codegit push origin --delete <branchName>orbashCopy codegit push origin :<branchName>

What is the difference between a local branch and a remote branch?

Local Branch: Exists on your machine only; used for individual development without affecting others. Commands to manage local branches include git branch to list them.

Remote Branch: Exists on a remote server (e.g., GitHub or GitLab); used for collaboration. Changes to remote branches affect all collaborators. Use git branch -r to list remote branches.

Can I delete a branch that I’m currently on?

No, you cannot delete the branch you are currently checked out on. You must switch to another branch (e.g., main) before deleting the desired branch.

What happens if I try to delete a branch that has unmerged changes?

If you attempt to delete a local branch with unmerged changes using the -d option, you will receive an error. To forcefully delete the branch, you can use the -D option.

What are the consequences of deleting a local branch?

Deleting a local branch with -d or -D only affects your local repository. The corresponding remote branch will remain intact unless explicitly deleted.

How can I verify if a branch has been deleted successfully?

To check if a branch has been deleted:

For local branches, use:bashCopy codegit branch

For remote branches, use:bashCopy codegit branch -r

What is the process for creating and pushing a new branch to a remote repository?

To create and push a new branch to a remote repository:bashCopy codegit checkout -b <newBranchName> git push origin <newBranchName>

[marivanilla05]

In the middle of exams so here are just some higher quality versions of my last sketches!

(There will be no context for Menelaus dressed as a seal and Helen doing drugs. If you know, you know.)

[papier-ciseaux]

I want this guy to start enacting french rural courtship tradition. Like putting a whole tree by someone's window in the night.

The tradition is mostly known as "l'arbre de mai" [may tree] but the trees can also just be called "Mais". You may know the german "Maibaum", but it's also a tradition in France, with variants depending on where you live. Basically, in the night of the first of may, young men will bring decorated trees (usually birch in germany and beech in france, but some trees can have additional meaning) to the window of unmarried girls from their village. This is done anonymously and the girls can try to figure out who did that. It's also linked to marriage.

In some region, instead of a small tree, all the young men bring a large tree to the village center and use the branches to make bouquet to leave on the window sill of girls.

There are many variants.

[tamagoneko]

welcome to big brotherhood branch!

[gallusrostromegalus]

If one were to print out a large amount of fanfics, how well-fortified would the resulting slash pile be after the introduction of a family of woodchucks?

While I appreciate the pun, the answer is not very because the thing that makes paper take ink so well is also the thing that makes it not very structurally stable .

[nyehilismwriting]

gay-lesbian hostility -> gay-lesbian solidarity

[dykemusic]

i’ve been making collage buttons!

[weepingwitch]

anyway the squirrels continue to have tree sex that defies the laws of physics

[lesamis]

Please may we have some regency recs from the local lyres book club? 🥺

ohh you mean regency romance? i'm not super In The Game as it is, but i can absolutely tell you my favourite one and the one i've most recently finished!

i think everyone who feels the feelings expressed in this post should read a seditious affair. everyone. it's well-researched and class-aware and well-executed. silas is an excellent character. if you're into 1810s radical politics, this book is for you; alternatively, if you could take or leave 1810s radical politics but enjoy a slow burn during which the characters are hooking up literally the entire time, it is also for you. (a gentleman's position from the same series is very good, too.)

a couple of days ago i finished letters to half moon street, a regency romance with a fantasy bend, and it was very sweet. i like when self-esteem issues are at the core of a plot's conflict, and this really hit every branch on the way down the Issues tree. its tone is warm and its protagonist is a fairly loveable wet cat of a man. recommend, even if i do think it could have fleshed out its love interest a bit better.

honourable mention: miss percy's pocket guide for the care and feeding of british dragons, which is not a romance and which i am of many minds about, but it still deserves a shoutout for having a dragon hatchling in its quaint and sensible little world.

hopefully there's something in here that sounds good to you, anon!

[tamagoneko]

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[queerliblib]

Hello. I just learned about this thing a bit ago, and got my library card today, and I was wondering if you knew of any other similar libraries that operate primarily through Libby? Now that I have had my eyes open to the possibility of multiple library cards my brain just wants to collect all that I can get.

hi! hmm which are primarily digital libraries through Libby… honestly, no. That’s one of the reasons we decided we’d be able to move forward with QLL after we had the idea, as it was filling a gap that no one else was.

Of course there are some public libraries (brooklyn among others) that have opened up *part* of their Libby catalogues nationally for certain age ranges (13-26), and then there are other digital branches of physical libraries like the Library of Congress’ open access digital collections. The closest I can think of for a fully digital library would be the Digital Public Library of America or DPLA, but they don’t use Libby. BPL, LoC, DPLA and others also don’t have the same focus on queer books that we do at QLL.

There are other excellent queer libraries out there too, but most are primarily physical collections (one exception being Quatrefoil Library who also launched a digital branch on Libby, but they also have a much more geographically narrow focus - Minneapolis - than we do)

[deanmarywinchester]

2024

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[ephemeral-winter]

of course i have an accent everybody has an accent and mine is quote-unquote undetectable in most situations because it is bland east coast educated upper middle class white accent but what is much more interesting to me is how my SPEECH patterns are intensely jewish philadelphia. like there's so much leftover germanic stuff in there in my sentence constructions which we never had to get rid of during the long 20th century project of assimilation because of the pa dutch presence and so on which i simply did not realize until i spent significant time around new york jews. now every time i'm like wait why don't you phrase anything like i do

[aroaessidhe]

got out some physical library books for the first time in......an embarrassingly long time