Can git permanently ignore a remote branch?

Question

I\'m using the Pages feature of GitHub. This works by putting the published HTML in a branch called gh-pages. I have two separate working directories, one for t

Answer 1

I just hit the same problem. I was interested in one branch from 'bob', but he had many branches cluttering up my git branch -a output.

I did this:

rm .git/refs/remotes/bob/{next,master,maint}

and the branches were gone. A git fetch might restore them though, but I don't intend to fetch from bob regularly.