How do I delete a remote branch with a period in the name? jonsmirl@smirl2:/home/apps/florida/lpc31xx$ git push origin :fl To git@xxxxxxxxxx:jonsmirl/lpc31xx.git - [deleted] fl jonsmirl@smirl2:/home/apps/florida/lpc31xx$ git push origin :fl.stg error: unable to push to unqualified destination: fl.stg The destination refspec neither matches an existing ref on the remote nor begins with refs/, and we are unable to guess a prefix based on the source ref. error: failed to push some refs to 'git@xxxxxxxxxx:jonsmirl/lpc31xx.git' jonsmirl@smirl2:/home/apps/florida/lpc31xx$ jonsmirl@smirl2:/home/apps/florida/lpc31xx$ git branch -r linus/master origin/HEAD -> origin/master origin/bar.stgit origin/dt-test origin/fl.stgit origin/foo.stgit origin/lpc313x-stg origin/lpc313x-stg.stgit origin/master origin/master.stgit origin/temp.stgit origin/v3.4-stg origin/v3.4-stg.stgit origin/v3.5-stg origin/v3.5-stg.stgit -- Jon Smirl jonsmirl@xxxxxxxxx -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html