Delete broken branch in git

Question

I have created branch with \"git checkout -b mybranch\". It seems that something went wrong, and now I can\'t delete it using \"git branch -D mybranch\". It says: error: bra

Answer 1

I have the same problem git branch -d was not working, And I didn't found anything in .git/packed-refs and .git/refs/heads but I got files in

.git/refs/remotes/origin

with the name of the branches that I was not able to delete locally as well as in remote. But after deleting the files with the branch_name that I wanted to delete it was not showing in local.

To delete it on remote use

git fetch -p origin

The -p --prune option tells that before fetching, remove any remote-tracking references that no longer exist on the remote. Then use command

git push origin :

to delete on remote.

And you are done. :)