error branch origin master not found

Question

Hi Guys,

I am trying to delete a Git branch locally and remotely. But I am getting the below error.

$ git branch -d origin/master
error: branch 'origin/master' not found.

Answer 1

Hi@akhtar,

It seems your branch is not synced with the remote GitHub account. That is why you are getting the above error. You can the below commands to avoid this error.

$ git push -d <remote_name> <branch_name>
$ git branch -d <branch_name>