Git Branches: push, pull, merge and rebase

push¶

Push local branch to a remote and make make remote use different branch name.

$ git push origin dev-feature:dev-foo-bar

remove remote branch¶

New approach since git >= 1.7:

$ git push origin --delete <branch-name>

Then this on other machines to propagate the changes:

$ git fetch --all --prune

Or, for those used to the approach git push local_branch:remote_branch, then this might also be easy to remember, remove the remote branch with (note space before the :):

$ git push origin :remote_branch_to_delete

References:

• stack overflow post
• git push --help