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EGit still shows remote tracking branch after delete [message #1859530] Tue, 13 June 2023 14:31 Go to next message
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"A" in the image shows the repo has 2 branches, both with Remote Tracking. "B" shows I deleted the "test-01" branch from GitHub (remote).

"C" shows the problem. After doing "Fetch from origin", the "test-01" branch still shows in Remote Tracking. To force the GUI to update, I delete that remote tracking branch. Doing another "Fetch from origin" confirms that branch was deleted. Shouldn't the GUI have automatically removed that branch from Remote Tracking the first time I did Fetch from origin" after it was deleted from GitHub? Why should I have to manually delete a branch in EGit that no longer exists on the remote?

The EGit version is 6.5.0.2023
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Re: EGit still shows remote tracking branch after delete [message #1859567 is a reply to message #1859530] Thu, 15 June 2023 17:35 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Eclipse UserFriend
Set git config fetch.prune.
Re: EGit still shows remote tracking branch after delete [message #1859581 is a reply to message #1859567] Fri, 16 June 2023 13:14 Go to previous message
Eclipse UserFriend
Per your suggestion, I was able to configure EGit to prune missing remote tracking branches. The first method (which I prefer) shown in Fig 1 applies to all repos. Fig 2 only applies to the specified repo. I'm very impressed with EGit. I couldn't use Git without it.
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