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user2509848
user2509848

Reputation:

Delete Remote Branch

I need to delete a remote branch, and found this technique:

git push origin :the_remote_branch

I tried passing it to Networks Push method in the following forms, but nothing seems to work (options is my login credentials):

_repo.Network.Push(_repo.Network.Remotes["origin"], "origin/:NewBranchForDeletion", options)  
_repo.Network.Push(_repo.Network.Remotes["origin"], ":NewBranchForDeletion", options)  
_repo.Network.Push(_repo.Network.Remotes["origin"], ":origin/NewBranchForDeletion", options)
_repo.Network.Push(_repo.Network.Remotes["origin"], ":refs/remotes/:origin/NewBranchForDeletion", options)
_repo.Network.Push(_repo.Network.Remotes["origin"], ":refs/remotes/origin/NewBranchForDeletion", options)
_repo.Network.Push(_repo.Network.Remotes["origin"], "refs/heads/:origin/NewBranchForDeletion", options)
_repo.Network.Push(_repo.Network.Remotes["origin"], "refs/heads/:NewBranchForDeletion", options)

And a few other options. I cannot get it to work at all, it returns errors such as (for the ":NewBranchForDeletion" method):

Not a valid reference "NewBranchForDeletion"

Update:

Thanks to @Rob for finding me this comment on LibGit2Sharp's repo: https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2sharp/issues/466#issuecomment-21076975

The first option fails with a NullReferenceException on objectish, and using string.Empty for objectish results in the error mentioned above. The second option is what I am trying, except I am using the version with HTTPS validation:

repo.Network.Push(repo.Remotes["my-remote"], objectish: null, destinationSpec: "my-branch");

// Or using a refspec, like you would use with git push...
repo.Network.Push(repo.Remotes["my-remote"], pushRefSpec: ":my-branch");

Upvotes: 10

Views: 1090

Answers (1)

nulltoken
nulltoken

Reputation: 67669

As stated in the documentation, a refspec "Specif(ies) what destination ref to update with what source object. The format of a <refspec> parameter is an optional plus +, followed by the source object <src>, followed by a colon :, followed by the destination ref <dst>."

It also mentions that "Pushing an empty <src> allows you to delete the <dst> ref from the remote repository."

Considering these above, using the void Push(Remote remote, string pushRefSpec) overload, and passing :refs/heads/branch_to_delete as the pushRefSpec should do the trick.

Upvotes: 5

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