How to remove references to remote branches from my local git repository

Question

When I type git branch in my local repository, I get this:

* master
  minor/branch_1
  origin&minor/branch_2
  origin/minor/branch_2

How can I remove the last two references from my local repository without affecting the remote one?

Answer 1

git branch without options should only show local branches and shouldn't include remote-tracking branches. Are you sure those are not local branches with awkward names? If so, delete them like any other local branch:

git branch -d 'origin&minor/branch_2' 'origin/minor/branch_2'

If they are unmerged branches, use -D . Note that this will make the commits of the branches unreachable and they will eventually be fully deleted from your Git repository