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| author | René Scharfe <l.s.r@web.de> | 2021-08-27 20:35:35 +0200 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2021-08-27 15:11:18 -0700 |
| commit | 597a97748924e8ce0b829f668acc8f7a6849b05f (patch) | |
| tree | f49d290adc2826cc3100b65901c3dd70e6aec392 /Documentation/git-branch.txt | |
| parent | 225bc32a989d7a22fa6addafd4ce7dcd04675dbf (diff) | |
| download | git-597a97748924e8ce0b829f668acc8f7a6849b05f.tar.gz | |
branch: allow deleting dangling branches with --force
git branch only allows deleting branches that point to valid commits.
Skip that check if --force is given, as the caller is indicating with
it that they know what they are doing and accept the consequences.
This allows deleting dangling branches, which previously had to be
reset to a valid start-point using --force first.
Reported-by: Ulrich Windl <Ulrich.Windl@rz.uni-regensburg.de>
Helped-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
Helped-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Signed-off-by: René Scharfe <l.s.r@web.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/git-branch.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-branch.txt | 3 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-branch.txt index 94dc9a54f2..5449767121 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-branch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-branch.txt @@ -118,7 +118,8 @@ OPTIONS Reset <branchname> to <startpoint>, even if <branchname> exists already. Without `-f`, 'git branch' refuses to change an existing branch. In combination with `-d` (or `--delete`), allow deleting the - branch irrespective of its merged status. In combination with + branch irrespective of its merged status, or whether it even + points to a valid commit. In combination with `-m` (or `--move`), allow renaming the branch even if the new branch name already exists, the same applies for `-c` (or `--copy`). |