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I have created a branch test in my Git repository. Now I have no use for it. How can I force-delete this branch?
I tried the following command:
git branch -d test
But it returns an error.
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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.
Deleting remote branches 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 .
So, to delete the remote branch AND locally-stored remote-tracking branch in one command, just use git push origin --delete <branch> . Then, you just need to delete the local branch with git branch -D branch .
You can force-delete a branch with the following command:
git branch -D test
By replacing -d with -D, you are telling git to delete the branch and that you don't care to merge changes from that branch.
Be careful, you can lose data.
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