If you have a git branch that you have pushed upstream to the remote origin and want to delete both this local and the remote branch, you can follow the below two commands,
Step 1: Delete Git Local Branch
Make use of the git branch command with --delete flag,
Command:git branch --delete <branch-name>
You can also make use of the shorthand version -d
Example:git branch -d <branch-name>
If the branch is not merged then you would also need to make use of the --force or -f flag.
Example:git branch -d -f <branch-name>
The above command, we can use -D instead of -f and -d
git branch -D <branch-name>
Step 2: Delete Git Remote Branch
To delete the remote branch you would need to make use of the git push origin followed by -d or --delete flag and the branch name,
Command:git push origin --delete <branch-name>
or,
git push origin -d <branch-name>
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