[PATCH v7 11/11] transport-helper: add support to delete branches

@@ -94,6 +94,14 @@ test_expect_success 'push new branch with old:new refspec' '
 	compare_refs local HEAD server refs/heads/new-refspec
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'push delete branch' '
+	(cd local &&
+	 git push origin :new-name
+	) &&
+	test_must_fail git --git-dir="server/.git" \
+	 rev-parse --verify refs/heads/new-name
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'forced push' '
 	(cd local &&
 	git checkout -b force-test &&

@@ -876,9 +876,6 @@ static int push_refs_with_export(struct transport *transport,
 		char *private;
 		unsigned char sha1[20];
 
-		if (ref->deletion)
-			die("remote-helpers do not support ref deletion");
-
 		private = apply_refspecs(data->refspecs, data->refspec_nr, ref->name);
 		if (private && !get_sha1(private, sha1)) {
 			strbuf_addf(&buf, "^%s", private);

@@ -890,12 +887,16 @@ static int push_refs_with_export(struct transport *transport,
 		if (ref->peer_ref) {
 			if (strcmp(ref->name, ref->peer_ref->name)) {
 				struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
-				strbuf_addf(&buf, "%s:%s", ref->peer_ref->name, ref->name);
+				if (!ref->deletion)
+					strbuf_addf(&buf, "%s:%s", ref->peer_ref->name, ref->name);
+				else
+					strbuf_addf(&buf, ":%s", ref->name);
 				string_list_append(&revlist_args, "--refspec");
 				string_list_append(&revlist_args, buf.buf);
 				strbuf_release(&buf);
 			}
-			string_list_append(&revlist_args, ref->peer_ref->name);
+			if (!ref->deletion)
+				string_list_append(&revlist_args, ref->peer_ref->name);
 		}
 	}