Steven Lu
Reputation: 43427
Git: Why are local branches pushed to remote automatically but require manual deletion after they are deleted locally?
Please correct me if any of my assumptions seem to be wrong.
Upvotes: 1
Views: 43
Answers (1)
Amber
Reputation: 526583
Because creating a branch is not a destructive operation. Deleting one is.
It's generally "safe" to create a branch on the remote - nothing is depending on a branch that wasn't there. It's not safe to delete a branch, though - other people might be using it, or some tool might be monitoring it, or whatever.
Upvotes: 2
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