git won't let me delete a branch?

Ben Cooksley bcooksley at kde.org
Sat Feb 5 20:03:32 GMT 2011


On Sun, Feb 6, 2011 at 8:58 AM, Thomas Lübking
<thomas.luebking at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> i've "accidentally" pushed a "4.6" (NOT "KDE/4.6") branch to remote (sorry),
> where it does oc. not belong...
>
> However "git push origin :4.6" fails by:
>
> remote: D refs/heads/4.6 kde-workspace luebking DENIED by fallthru
> remote: error: hook declined to update refs/heads/4.6
> To ssh://git@git.kde.org/kde-workspace
>   ! [remote rejected] 4.6 (hook declined)
>
> So, how do i remove this (pretty confusingly named) branch?

Only repository admins are allowed to delete branches on git.kde.org.
I have now deleted this branch.

>
> --
> Cheers,
> Thomas
>

Regards,
Ben




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