git delete remotes: remote refs do not exist

Question

In short;

• How can I delete remote multiple merged remotes?

More background;

I have a git repo with tens of remotes which have been merge

Answer 1

You may need to prune your local "cache" of remote branches first. Try running:

git fetch -p origin

before deleting.

Answer 2

Are those branches removed from the remote (origin)? If yes, you can simply do

git fetch --prune origin

Otherwise they might return even after you delete them locally.

Update: Looking at your command again, it looks like you're building it incorrectly. You probably want

git push origin --delete myBranch-1234

but instead you are doing something like

git push origin --delete origin/myBranch-1234

Answer 3

Use sed to remove 'origin/' part and change a lttile xargs part.

git branch -r --merged | grep origin | grep -v -e master | sed s/origin\\/// |  xargs -I{} git push origin --delete {}