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vaso123
vaso123

Reputation: 12391

Git shows branches what already deleted

When I give a command: git branch it shows me the following:

HSM2-585
* POLTODO-111
POLTODO-283
develop
master

But when in console I press the TAB key it lists me the following:

I am using ubuntu 16.04.

develop               HSM2-585              origin/develop        origin/master      origin/#TODO-269              
FETCH_HEAD            master                origin/HEAD           origin/#TODO-111   origin/TODO-283    TODO-111           
HEAD                  ORIG_HEAD             origin/HSM2-585       origin/TODO-111    origin/TODO-286    TODO-283

So old branches what I've already deleted from local and remote too appears.

The funniest that I could checkout the origin/TODO-286 for example. I am using Gitlab.

How do I purge these old and deleted branches?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 650

Answers (1)

Elliot Blackburn
Elliot Blackburn

Reputation: 4164

As @LasseVågsætherKarlsen said in a comment, you need to use git fetch --prune. What you're seeing is remote-tracking branches, these are in the format <remote>/<branch-name> such as origin/TODO-111.

The documentation for git fetch with the -p or --prune flag says:

Before fetching, remove any remote-tracking references that no longer exist on the remote.

So using this will clear out those old and unwanted tracking branches. git branch --all should then be clean of these branches. As will git branch [TAB]

Upvotes: 3

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