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iBug

Reputation: 37317

Is there any difference between "git push -d remote branch" and "git push remote :branch"

There are two ways to delete a remote branch in Git:

git push -d remote branch
git push remote :branch

I wonder if there's any difference. Per my understanding, the first command explicitly tells Git to delete a branch (-d is short for --delete), and the second command is a specific form of push remote [[+]ref:]ref, but that doesn't explain the differences, if present.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1976

Answers (1)

ElpieKay
ElpieKay

Reputation: 30966

They are the same. It's explained in git-push Documentation.

-d

--delete

All listed refs are deleted from the remote repository. This is the same as prefixing all refs with a colon.

Upvotes: 3

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