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git-branch:tldr:7c6d4
git-branch: Delete a local branch (must not have it checked out to do this).
$ git branch -d ${branch_name}
try on your machine
The command git branch -d ${branch_name}
is used to delete a branch in Git. Here is the explanation of each part of the command:
git
: It refers to the Git command-line tool.branch
: It is a subcommand in Git used to manage branches.-d
: It is an option used with thebranch
subcommand to delete a branch.${branch_name}
: It is a placeholder that represents the name of the branch you want to delete. You need to replace${branch_name}
with the actual name of the branch when using the command.
For example, if you have a branch named "my-feature-branch" that you want to delete, you would execute git branch -d my-feature-branch
.
This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and
never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.