Jakub Narebski <jnareb@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > Steffen Prohaska wrote: >> On Nov 13, 2007, at 5:03 PM, Jakub Narebski wrote: >>> Sergei Organov <osv@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >>>> Isn't "git branch -d -r" supposed to do whatever magic is required to >>>> get rid of the remote branch? Currently it seems like a bug >>>> introduced by addition of wildcards refspecs, right? >>> >>> No, the '-r' part translates 'pu' into 'refs/remotes/origin/pu', and >>> the '-d' option removes branch locally. It is meant I think to remove >>> tracking of branches which were dropped in remote, as I think that >>> wildcard refspec does create new branches, but do not delete dropped >>> branches. >> >> "git remote prune origin" should be used to clean up stale >> remote-tracking branches. > > "git remote prune <name>" deletes _all_ stale tracking branches > under <name>. With "git branch -d -r <branch>" you can delete > _single_ tracking branch. > >>> So I'm not sure if it is a bug, misfeature or a feature. >> >> It doesn't make sense to delete remote-tracking branches >> locally if they are still present at the remote. The main >> purpose of a remote-tracking branch is to be identical to the >> real remote branch. > > True, but it would be nice to have an option to _exclude_ some > branches from fetching (for example 'html' and 'man' branches > of git.git), while still picking up new branches automatically > on fetch. Guys, could you please read man git-branch? What do you think this example is doing?: <quote Documentation/git-branch.txt> Delete unneeded branch:: + ------------ $ git clone git://git.kernel.org/.../git.git my.git $ cd my.git $ git branch -d -r origin/todo origin/html origin/man <1> $ git branch -D test <2> ------------ + <1> Delete remote-tracking branches "todo", "html", "man" </quote> That's *exactly* what I did! And it *doesn't work*! Well, it does delete the branches, but they are automagically re-created on the next fetch, so "deleting" them this way is useless. -- Sergei. - 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
