Quick Tip: Delete Remote Git Branches

Not exactly a new thing, but one I have always had to Google for. In my workflow I normally create a new branch when working on a major feature change (this ensures if I have any bug fixes to do in the mean time I can work on them without having to muddle around code). It gets pushed to GitHub so my other developers can work on it as well. When it’s released I usually merge back into my develop branch and ultimately into my master branch. So deleting the local branch is easy, probably because I always Git Tower or the GitHub Mac App. How the hell do I delete this now defunct branch from GitHub?

git push <remote> :<branch_name>

On this occasion for me it was:

git push origin :2012

You learn something new everyday. I should have learnt this a long time ago but only started using Git after attending last year’s Cakefest!

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