Delete remote git branch - the declarative way

Cleaning up after yourself is important, and not just in real life. Good Git Hygiene™ goes a long way.

One of the methods I like to clean up is deleting unused feature branches. I do that both locally and on the remote source control server (github/gitlab etc).

As is common with Git there are many ways to feed a cat. Some people use this:

git push origin :name-of-branch

I prefer the more declerative way, especially for potentially destructive operations such as deleting a remote branch:

git push origin --delete name-of-branch

Either way, keeping your remote branches trim makes for a happier development team!

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