Git - branch present on list but not found to delete

Asked May 14 '19 at 14:43

Active May 27 '19 at 07:57

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I have an old branch presence on git branch list, but I do not able to remove it using:

git branch -D hotfix/my_old_branch

error: branch 'hotfix/my_old_branch' not found.

Trying to git push origin :hotfix/my_old_branch

error: unable to delete 'hotfix/my_old_branch': remote ref does not exist

Any idea?

EDIT:

git branch ... the branch appears on list

$ git branch      
* Dev
  Pro
  Test
  hotfix/my_old_branch
  master

git branch -D hotfix/my_old_branch ...

error: branch 'hotfix/my_old_branch' not found.

edited May 27 '19 at 07:57

asked May 14 '19 at 14:43

doxsi

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Possible duplicate of [How do I delete a Git branch locally and remotely?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2003505/how-do-i-delete-a-git-branch-locally-and-remotely) – Murtaza Hussain May 14 '19 at 14:44
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`git push origin :hotfix/my_old_branch` to delete it remotely. – Maroun May 14 '19 at 14:47
not works, how I said. – doxsi May 14 '19 at 14:55
It is not a duplicate: "branch not found". Plese, see my edit. – doxsi May 27 '19 at 07:45
Can you show the output of `git branch`? – Romain Valeri May 27 '19 at 07:49
Yes, just edited. – doxsi May 27 '19 at 07:57
One possibility is that a non-visible character is part of the name. Check the .git/refs folder and dig through it, can you see anything out of place with regards to that name in there? – Lasse V. Karlsen May 27 '19 at 08:02
On .git/refs/heads, cited branch not exists. – doxsi May 27 '19 at 08:51

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