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Git comes into play in version control systems when you are working with a team and the entire team is making changes to the same code repository. Creating a new branch in Git is relatively easy than other version control systems and deleting a local branch in Git is no longer a big deal.

This article will show you how to delete a local or remote branch from Git. In most cases, when you first start working with any repository, the remote name of the repository is origin. So, if you pushed code to origina branch, you must origindelete it from the branch. We have two types of branches in any version control system. Local branches are where each team member manages their work on their computer, and remote branches are where all team members work simultaneously.

Deleting Git local branches

First, we will see how to delete a branch from our local personal computer using the command line. To delete a local branch from our personal computer in Git, we have to run on the command line in the project directory.

git branch -d <branch-name>

In the above example, -dthe parameter is used as an alias for delete, which is used to delete a specific branch if it has been fully merged with the remote branch. However, if you want to force delete a branch, then -Duse as an alias for force delete, which will delete the branch regardless of whether it has been merged in the remote branch or not.

Even if a branch has unmerged changes, Git will refuse to delete it. If you want to force this, you must force this deletion by -dreplacing the parameter with an uppercase one:-D

git branch -D <branch-name>

We can summarize local branches like this.

git branch --delete <branch>
git branch -d <branch> # Shorter version
git branch -D <branch> # Force-delete un-merged branches

Deleting a Git remote branch

As mentioned above, we use Git for local branches, but the situation is different for remote branches. We use git pushgit for remote branches, even if it sounds a bit strange. In other words, we can say that we are pushing-sending-deleting branches to the remote repository. Here's how you do it:

git push --delete <remote branch name> <branch name>

In most cases, the remote name is originIn some cases, you have to use the following command.

git push -d origin <branch_name>