$ git branch * deletethis somebranch $ git symbolic-ref HEAD refs/heads/somebranch $ git branch deletethis * somebranch $ git branch -d deletethis
2011-07-19
Switching the active branch in a bare git repository
If you ever need to delete the "active" branch in a git repository, you need to first switch the active branch. Because you cannot delete the branch you are sitting on... You cannot checkout a branch, as you would usually do. You have to change the symbolic reference called HEAD. You can do this with the symbolic-ref command:
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