Delete-Branch.md

To delete the local GIT branch we can try one of the following commands:

git branch -d branch_name
git branch -D branch_name

as you can see above, we have 2 different argument, one with ‘d’ and one with ‘D’.

The -d option stands for --delete, which would delete the local branch, only if you have already pushed and merged it with your remote branches.

The -D option stands for --delete --force, which deletes the branch regardless of its push and merge status, so be careful using this one!

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Delete remote branch permanently

git push origin --delete branch_name_to_delete

This will remove the branch called branch_name_to_delete from the remote repository. (The branch_name_to_delete is a local branch on the remote.