GIT-DELETE-BRANCH(1)

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version 7.5.0 · 7 versions
, in ubuntu stonking

💅 GIT-DELETE-BRANCH 💅

okay bestie, so you know git-extras? yeah. this is one of its little icons, and fr fr it's the moment you've been waiting for: the manual page for git-delete-branch, served fresh from the Git Extras fam. no cap. 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

git-delete-branch — it deletes branches. that's the whole vibe. 🦋

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

git-delete-branch <branchname>

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

So here's the tea: this one goes in and deletes both the local and the remote branch named <branchname>. two for one, she ate. 💅

⚠️ but bestie, listen — the local deletion fails if the branch is checked out. like, git will not let you delete the branch you're literally standing on. sorry babe, that's just the rules. 😭

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

  • <branchname> — the name of the branch you wanna delete. and here's the gag: if you hand over multiple branches, they will all get deleted. not one. not two. all. she's thorough. 👑

🌈 EXAMPLES 🌈

just one? okay, here:

$ git delete-branch integration

feeling spicy and wanna clear a whole squad at once? bet:

$ git delete-branch integration bug/1234

look at that. two branches, one command, zero regrets. ✨

👑 AUTHOR 👑

Written by Tj Holowaychuk <tj@vision-media.ca> — thank you king, icon, legend. 🫶

🐛 REPORTING BUGS 🐛

found a gremlin in the code? go tell on it here, it's giving very much official:

<https://github.com/tj/git-extras/issues>

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

the whole entire mothership, go explore bestie:

<https://github.com/tj/git-extras>

That's the page, mwah. 💋 This one's from the Git Extras collection, dated May 2026 — the GIT-DELETE-BRANCH(1) girlie herself. Go forth and clean up those branches, you absolute main character. ⭐🌙💜

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