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The following makes no sense to me
% git clone $REPO_URL --branch dev wd
% cd wd
% git fetch origin master:master
From github.com:ghuser/someproj
* [new branch] master -> master
% git branch -d master
error: The branch 'master' is not fully merged.
If you are sure you want to delete it, run 'git branch -D master'.
Note that the above error message occurs on a git branch -d master command that happens immediately after the master branch has been fetched from the remote repo. Does it mean that origin is corrupted somehow? I can't figure out how this happened.
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There are times when you get an “not fully merged” error for a git branch, usually when trying to delete a local branch from your machine. It's a safe bet that something in your local branch has not actually made it to the remote repository and we should do some investigating.
The -D flag, with a capital D (which is an alias for -- delete --force ), forcefully deletes the local branch, regradless of its merged status. But note that you should use this command should with caution, as there is no prompt asking you to confirm your actions.
To delete a remote branch, you can't use the git branch command. Instead, use the git push command with --delete flag, followed by the name of the branch you want to delete. You also need to specify the remote name ( origin in this case) after git push .
The warning
branch is not fully merged
comes when the branch you are trying to remove is not merged into another one. This warning saves you from removing a branch and its changes before you merge them, so you don't lose your changes.
In your case it looks like you didn't have the branch 'master' in your computer since you get the message
* [**new branch**] master -> master
So when you downloaded the branch master you where on dev and then you tried git branch -d master but since it was not merged from the point of view of dev you got the message
With gitk --all you can see the whole tree and there you will see how the branch master is not merged into another. Hence the message.
If you still want to remove it just use the -D command
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