.. SPDX-License-Identifier:    CC-BY-SA-3.0


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Remove dist-git branches
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Description
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Release Engineering is often asked by maintainers to remove branches in dist-git
by maintainers.

Action
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#. Log into batcave01

   ::

        ssh <fas-username>@batcave01.iad2.fedoraproject.org

#. Get root shell 

#. Log into pkgs01.iad2.fedoraproject.org
   ::

        ssh pkgs01.iad2.fedoraproject.org

#. Change to the package's directory

   ::

        cd /srv/git/rpms/<package>.git/

#. Remove the branch

   ::

        git branch -D <branchname> </pre>

Verification
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To verify just list the branches.

::

    git branch

Consider Before Running
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Make sure that the branch in question isn't one of our pre-created branches
``f??/rawhide``, ``olpc?/rawhide``, ``el?/rawhide``