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I am using git along with git flow. Here git flow has a develop branch. Whenever i need to start feature i type
git flow feature start new a new branch feature/new is created. Then i do the changes and commit them using
git push origin feature/new After comitting the changes I finish feature using
git flow feature finish new it deletes feature/new branch locally. Now I am switched to develop branch by git flow and I again type
git push origin develop which make changes to remote server develop branch
If I type git branch -a, the new branch got deleted from the local but it is there on the server with name remotes/origin/feature/new
Does git flow delete branches on remote server which are deleted at my local machine?
Please tell me if I am making some mistake.
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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.
In Git, local and remote branches are separate objects. Deleting a local branch doesn't remove the remote branch.
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 branch is now deleted locally.
Unlike local branches, you can't delete a remote branch using the git branch command. However, you need to use the git push --delete command, followed by the name of the branch you want to delete.
Looking at the source it seems that the remote feature branch is deleted only if you call git flow feature finish with -F.
However, this fetches the remote before finishing the feature. From the docs:
-F fetch from $ORIGIN before performing finish
Otherwise you can delete the remote branch manually with:
git push origin :feature/new May I suggest using the git-flow AVH Edition.
Like Stefan said, the original version only deletes the remote branch when you use -F, which is kinda strange. The AVH Edition fixes this quirky behavior, it will always delete the local and remote feature branch on a finish, unless you specify either
--keep, which keeps the local and remote.--keeplocal, which keeps the local, but deletes the remote.--keepremote, which keeps the remote, but deletes the local.You can find git-flow AVH Edition on github.
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