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How to automatically remove remote-tracking branch when the corresponding local branch is removed using git

The current setup: $ git branch -a * master feature remotes/origin/master remotes/origin/feature After feature branch is merged, I would like to remove local branch feature and remote-tracking branch origin/feature. The remote branch on…
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Reset a git branch globally (for all users)

In our current workflow, we have 2 main git branches: master - stable release branch testing - were everyone tests their code Now every developer creates new branches for each feature they develop. When they are done, they merge it to testing, and…
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Why do I need to resolve my change again when I do another rebase

I have two branches, master and my-work-branch Other people will push changes to master, so I need to keep my-work-branch synced with master so that I also get other people`s changes I tried to rebase from my-work-branch against master branch often…
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How can I resurrect a branch?

I have a refactoring/cleanup branch cleanup where I clean up technical debt. After going through one cycle, I merge this branch back into master. A few weeks later, I have the time to clean up some more and I wanted to resurrect the branch instead…
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git - find unmerged branches without local repository

I love the git branch --no-merged command for finding branches that have changes that are not merged into the current branch. Is it possible to do that without having a local copy of the repository? With subversion, you could do this: svn mergeinfo…
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Using Git, I have cloned a branch and would like to update to another remote branch

I have cloned a project from Github from branch, say, br1 git clone --branch br1 https://www.github.com/project/project /opt/project/ I would like to switch to branch br2 as if I had did this from the beginning: git clone --branch br2…
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Remove all local closed branch depends on its remote status

I would like to check which of my local branch are closed on remote server and remove them from my local list - is there such git (or any other e.g.bash) command? My current flow: git branch to list my local branches log in to…
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Git rebase: reapply all commits, why?

We have a situation since we are using remote branches with Git. Let me explain briefly: Developer John created a remote branch "post_video" I checked out this remote branch to work on it too git checkout feature/post_video I committed my changes…
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Can Git Remotes be Cascaded?

My Windows Computer: Has a local git repository (R1) for a Visual Studio project. The remote (origin) for this repository is GitHub. They are identical with just a Master branch. (All of the commits have been pushed to GitHub.) NAS (local y: drive):…
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git remote tracking branch pushes new branch

I'm having trouble understanding what I did wrong when pushing to a remote branch. Here is what I did: I created a remote tracking branch locally named CP_Server_Release using the SourceTree GUI tool. This branch is set up to track the remote…
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Bitbucket/Mercurial: Trouble pushing named branch (after closing earlier branch with same name)

I'm trying to push a changeset that contains a named branch to a Mercurial repository hosted on Bitbucket, and I'm getting the push creates a new remote head (did you forget to merge?) error. This is happening regardless of whether or not I specify…
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Git: what exactly causes remote branches to update?

According to Pro Git (3.5): [remote branches are] local branches that you can’t move; they’re moved automatically whenever you do any network communication. However, this doesn't seem to be correct in practise. I've arrived at a situation…
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Error in git book or I misunderstood?

Here you can read: Tracking Branches Checking out a local branch from a remote branch automatically creates what is called a tracking branch. Tracking branches are local branches that have a direct relationship to a remote branch. If you’re…
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git - swap/exchange a remote branch

I have two remote branches: feature233 v1.9.12. I need to rename the 1. branch to v1.9.12 and the 2. branch to v1.9.15 : feature233 --> v1.9.12 v1.9.12 --> v1.9.15 Since the new name of the 1. branch is the same as the old name of the 2.…
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Git : Do not allow users to push a new branch to remote repo

Sometimes by mistake some of users tend to push their local branches to a remote repo creating a new branch on the remote repo. How can we disallow the users to create new branches on a remote repo but still allow them to push changes to the…
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