From 5582e23e8ae7e66e98de8e6f228fd44822413fe1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Waldir Pimenta Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2017 10:49:13 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] git-fetch: --prune doesn't delete local branches (#1237) `git fetch --prune` deletes the local *references* to upstream branches (i.e. entries in `.git/refs/remotes/`), but the local *branches* that tracked them (i.e. entries in `.git/refs/heads/`) are kept. --- pages/common/git-fetch.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/pages/common/git-fetch.md b/pages/common/git-fetch.md index 72a7891b30..a4d33ba842 100644 --- a/pages/common/git-fetch.md +++ b/pages/common/git-fetch.md @@ -18,6 +18,6 @@ `git fetch --tags` -- Delete local remote-tracking branches that have been deleted upstream: +- Delete local references to remote branches that have been deleted upstream: `git fetch --prune`