How can I archive git branches?

Question

I have some old branches in my git repository that are no longer under active development. I would like to archive the branches so that they don\'t show up by default when r

Answer 1

You could archive the branches in another repository. Not quite as elegant, but I'd say it's a viable alternative.

git push git://yourthing.com/myproject-archive-branches.git yourbranch
git branch -d yourbranch