When using git fetch --prune, git will remove any branches from remotes/origin/ that have inconsistent case in folder names. This issue has been verified in versions 1.7.10.2, 1.7.11.1 and 1.8.3.2. I've described the reproduction steps here as I carried them out, and listed the plaforms I used to replicate it. The issue will most likely occur on a different combination of platforms also. - On Mac, create a new repository and push a master branch to a central server - On Mac, create a branch called feature/lower_case_branch and push this to the central server (note that 'feature' is all lower case) - On Windows, clone the repository but stay on master, do not checkout the feature/lower_case_branch branch - On Windows, branch from master a branch called Feature/upper_case_branch (note the uppercase F) and push to the server - On Mac, run git fetch and see that remote/origin/Feature/upper_case_branch is updated Couple of things to note here 1) In the git fetch output it lists the branch with an upper case 'F' * [new branch] Feature/upper_case_branch -> origin/Feature/upper_case_branch 2) When I run git branch --all it is actually listed with a lower case 'f' remotes/origin/feature/upper_case_branch Now the problem happens when I run git fetch --prune, I get the following output * [new branch] Feature/upper_case_branch -> origin/Feature/upper_case_branch x [deleted] (none) -> origin/feature/upper_case_branch Note the new branch uses 'F' and the deleted branch uses 'f'. The results of this bug seem to be * Everytime I call git fetch it thinks Feature/upper_case_branch is a new branch (if I call 'git branch' multiple times I always get the [new branch] output) * Whenever I run with --prune, git will *always* remove the branch with a different folder name (from a case sensitive perspective) than the one originally created on the current machine. Thanks Lee -- 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