How do you Remove an Invalid Remote Branch Reference from Git?
- by Casey
In my current repo I have the following output:
$ git branch -a
* master
remotes/origin/master
remotes/public/master
I want to delete 'remotes/public/master' from the branch list:
$ git branch -d remotes/public/master
error: branch 'remotes/public/master' not found.
Also, the output of 'git remote' is strange, since it does not list 'public':
$ git remote show
origin
How can I delete 'remotes/public/master' from the branch list?
Update, tried the 'git push' command:
$ git push public :master
fatal: 'public' does not appear to be a git repository
fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly
Solution:
The accepted answer had the solution at the bottom!
git gc --prune=now
