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I have created branch with "git checkout -b mybranch". It seems that something went wrong, and now I can't delete it using "git branch -D mybranch". It says: error: branch 'mybranch' not found.
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Deleting a branch LOCALLY Delete a branch with git branch -d <branch> . The -d option will delete the branch only if it has already been pushed and merged with the remote branch. Use -D instead if you want to force the branch to be deleted, even if it hasn't been pushed or merged yet.
The command to delete a local git branch can take one of two forms: git branch –delete old-branch. git branch -d old-branch.
A: Git doesn't allow you to delete a local branch if you have the branch checked out. If you're having trouble deleting a Git branch, make sure you Git checkout a branch other than the one you want to delete.
If git branch -D really isn't working, then your only option is to side-step it and edit the git check-out's state yourself. You should go to the root-directory of your check-out (where the .git directory is) and
.git/packed-refs; if you see a line with your branch name then delete it.git/refs/heads for a file named after your branch; if you see one, delete it
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I used git update-ref -d refs/heads/<branch name> to fix this issue. Presumably, this does the same thing as what Rup suggests in the selected answer except it's interfaced via Git's CLI.
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