Documentation update: use git branch -d foo where applicable
This updates documentation to use git branch -d foo in favour of
rm .git/refs/heads/foo
Signed-off-by: Kai Ruemmler <kai.ruemmler@gmx.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
diff --git a/Documentation/howto/rebase-and-edit.txt b/Documentation/howto/rebase-and-edit.txt
index 6cc1c79..646c55c 100644
--- a/Documentation/howto/rebase-and-edit.txt
+++ b/Documentation/howto/rebase-and-edit.txt
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
don't want it:
# remove 'broken' branch
- rm .git/refs/heads/broken
+ git branch -d broken
# Prune old objects if you're really really sure
git prune
diff --git a/Documentation/howto/revert-branch-rebase.txt b/Documentation/howto/revert-branch-rebase.txt
index e4cce5b..5a7e0cf 100644
--- a/Documentation/howto/revert-branch-rebase.txt
+++ b/Documentation/howto/revert-branch-rebase.txt
@@ -153,7 +153,8 @@
nor tag anymore, so remove them:
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-$ rm -f .git/refs/tags/pu-anchor .git/refs/heads/revert-c99
+$ rm -f .git/refs/tags/pu-anchor
+$ git branch -d revert-c99
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It was an emergency fix, so we might as well merge it into the
diff --git a/Documentation/howto/using-topic-branches.txt b/Documentation/howto/using-topic-branches.txt
index d30fa85..c6c635a 100644
--- a/Documentation/howto/using-topic-branches.txt
+++ b/Documentation/howto/using-topic-branches.txt
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@
is empty. At this point the branch can be deleted:
- $ rm .git/refs/heads/branchname
+ $ git branch -d branchname
Some changes are so trivial that it is not necessary to create a separate
branch and then merge into each of the test and release branches. For
