error: unlink(.git/refs/remotes/origin/testbranch) failed: was remote does not support deleting refs

Hi,

it seems that an old verison on the remote site was the problem:
On debian/etch git seems to be too old. I upgraded git to the testing 
version and now I can delete remote branches.

But I get another error:
$ git push origin :testbranch
To ssh://myserver.com/my/path/to/repository
  - [deleted]         testbranch
error: unlink(.git/refs/remotes/origin/testbranch) failed: No such file 
or directory
error: Failed to delete

Any idea?

Thanks,
Martin

Martin schrieb:

Hi,

I tried to setup a central git repository. Access is via ssh.
How do I delete a remote branch? If I try it using
 > git branch -d -r origin/testbranch
 > git push origin :refs/heads/testbranch
I get the error

To ssh://myserver.com/my/path/to/repository
 ! [rejected]        testbranch (remote does not support deleting refs)
error: failed to push some refs to 
'ssh://myserver.com/my/path/to/repository'

So how do I setup my remote repository to allow deleting remote branches?

Thanks,
Martin
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