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copied!<h1>Executive Summary</h1> <pre><code>$ git push --delete <remote_name> <branch_name> $ git branch -d <branch_name> </code></pre> <p>Note that in most cases the remote name is <code>origin</code>.</p> <h1>Delete Local Branch</h1> <p>To delete the <em>local</em> branch use one of the following:</p> <pre><code>$ git branch -d branch_name $ git branch -D branch_name </code></pre> <p><strong>Note:</strong> The <code>-d</code> option is an alias for <code>--delete</code>, which only deletes the branch if it has already been fully merged in its upstream branch. You could also use <code>-D</code>, which is an alias for <code>--delete --force</code>, which deletes the branch "irrespective of its merged status." [Source: <code>man git-branch</code>] </p> <h1>Delete Remote Branch [Updated on 8-Sep-2017]</h1> <p>As of <a href="https://github.com/gitster/git/blob/master/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.0.txt" rel="noreferrer">Git v1.7.0</a>, you can delete a <strong><em>remote</em></strong> branch using</p> <pre><code>$ git push <remote_name> --delete <branch_name> </code></pre> <p>which might be easier to remember than</p> <pre><code>$ git push <remote_name> :<branch_name> </code></pre> <p>which was added in <a href="https://github.com/gitster/git/blob/master/Documentation/RelNotes/1.5.0.txt" rel="noreferrer">Git v1.5.0</a> "to delete a remote branch or a tag."</p> <p>Starting on <a href="https://github.com/git/git/blob/master/Documentation/RelNotes/2.8.0.txt" rel="noreferrer">Git v2.8.0</a> you can also use <code>git push</code> with the <code>-d</code> option as an alias for <code>--delete</code>.</p> <p>Therefore, the version of Git you have installed will dictate whether you need to use the easier or harder syntax.</p> <h2>Delete Remote Branch [Original Answer from 5-Jan-2010]</h2> <p>From Chapter 3 of <a href="http://git-scm.com/book/en/Git-Branching-Remote-Branches" rel="noreferrer"><em>Pro Git</em></a> by Scott Chacon:</p> <blockquote> <h3>Deleting Remote Branches</h3> <p>Suppose you’re done with a remote branch — say, you and your collaborators are finished with a feature and have merged it into your remote’s master branch (or whatever branch your stable codeline is in). You can delete a remote branch using the rather obtuse syntax <code>git push [remotename] :[branch]</code>. If you want to delete your serverfix branch from the server, you run the following:</p> <pre><code>$ git push origin :serverfix To git@github.com:schacon/simplegit.git - [deleted] serverfix </code></pre> <p>Boom. No more branch on your server. You may want to dog-ear this page, because you’ll need that command, and you’ll likely forget the syntax. A way to remember this command is by recalling the <code>git push [remotename] [localbranch]:[remotebranch]</code> syntax that we went over a bit earlier. If you leave off the <code>[localbranch]</code> portion, then you’re basically saying, “Take nothing on my side and make it be <code>[remotebranch]</code>.”</p> </blockquote> <p>I issued <code>git push origin :bugfix</code> and it worked beautifully. Scott Chacon was right—I will want to <a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dogear#Verb" rel="noreferrer">dog ear</a> that page (or virtually dog ear by answering this on Stack Overflow).</p> <p>Then you should execute this on other machines</p> <pre><code>git fetch --all --prune </code></pre> <p>to propagate changes.</p>

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