Re: Cleanup of old remote branches

In git a branch simply is a pointer to a commit. If a branch is deleted the commit wil stay in the repository for the near future, but it will eventually be deleted (by git prune / git gc) as it is not referenced by anything. Tim On 31.10.2013 04:32, Robert Williams wrote: > In Subversion, nothing is ever really deleted. If you delete a branch, it still exists in the > repository's history, and it can easily be resurrected with history intact. Is this not the way > git works? (I'm obviously not real familiar with git.) > > -- > Bob Williams > >> On Oct 30, 2013, at 10:00, "Adam Harvey" <aharvey@php.net> wrote: >> >>> On 29 October 2013 03:56, Julien Pauli <jpauli@php.net> wrote: >>> Could we make a list of the remote branches we really don't need anymore, >>> and clean them up ? >> >> Also -1 here. Command line tab completion and GitHub's branch >> filtering UI basically make the cognitive overhead of dealing with >> this minimal, and having a full history is important. >> >> Adam >> >> -- >> PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List >> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >> > > Notice: This communication, including attachments, may contain information that is > confidential. It constitutes non-public information intended to be conveyed only to the designated > recipient(s). If the reader or recipient of this communication is not the intended recipient, an > employee or agent of the intended recipient who is responsible for delivering it to the intended > recipient, or if you believe that you have received this communication in error, please notify the > sender immediately by return e-mail and promptly delete this e-mail, including attachments without > reading or saving them in any manner. The unauthorized use, dissemination, distribution, or > reproduction of this e-mail, including attachments, is prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have > received this email in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail or telephone and delete the > e-mail and the attachments (if any). >