Re: cannot remove remote branch name

SungHyun Nam [off-list ref] writes:

How I can remove remote branch name if it already removed
in remote side?

$ git branch -a
* master
  remotes/origin/HEAD -> origin/master
  remotes/origin/master
  remotes/origin/test
$ git branch -D -r test
error: remote branch 'test' not found.
$ git branch -D -r remotes/origin/test
error: remote branch 'remotes/origin/test' not found.
$ git branch -D remotes/origin/test
error: branch 'remotes/origin/test' not found.

Hmm, you tried "test" and then "remotes/origin/test"?

The way I would have guessed what to give the command is:

 1. "branch -D -r test" wouldn't make sense, as git wouldn't know 'test'
    of which remote I am trying to remove;

 2. "-r" already tells git that I am talking about remote, so perhaps
    "branch -D -r origin/test" would work without me saying "remotes/".

"git branch -[dD]" doesn't go over the network, so it doesn't matter if it
is already removed on the remote side or not.