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Documentation/git-branch: new -r to delete remote-tracking branches.
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Signed-off-by: Quy Tonthat <qtonthat@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
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Quy Tonthat authored and Junio C Hamano committed Dec 21, 2006
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'git-branch' [-r | -a] [-v [--abbrev=<length>]]
'git-branch' [-l] [-f] <branchname> [<start-point>]
'git-branch' (-m | -M) [<oldbranch>] <newbranch>
'git-branch' (-d | -D) <branchname>...
'git-branch' (-d | -D) [-r] <branchname>...

DESCRIPTION
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With a `-d` or `-D` option, `<branchname>` will be deleted. You may
specify more than one branch for deletion. If the branch currently
has a ref log then the ref log will also be deleted.
has a ref log then the ref log will also be deleted. Use -r together with -d
to delete remote-tracking branches.


OPTIONS
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Move/rename a branch even if the new branchname already exists.

-r::
List the remote-tracking branches.
List or delete (if used with -d) the remote-tracking branches.

-a::
List both remote-tracking branches and local branches.
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$ git clone git://git.kernel.org/.../git.git my.git
$ cd my.git
$ git branch -D todo <1>
$ git branch -d -r todo html man <1>
$ git branch -D test <2>
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<1> delete todo branch even if the "master" branch does not have all
<1> delete remote-tracking branches "todo", "html", "man"
<2> delete "test" branch even if the "master" branch does not have all
commits from todo branch.


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