Attempt to delete a remote branch; listed locally, repos says it doesn't exist

Question

Here is what I have tried so far:

I:\Work\bitbucket\test.gadget [master]> git remote update Fetching origin I:\Work\bitbucket\test.gadget [master]> git branch -r origin/HEAD -> origin/master origin/imagesTest origin/master origin/work2 I:\Work\bitbucket\test.gadget [master]> git push origin :imagesTest Password for 'https:// [e-mail] ': error: unable to delete 'imagesTest': remote ref does not exist error: failed to push some refs to 'https:// [e-mail] /c_b/test.gadget.git' I:\Work\bitbucket\test.gadget [master]> 

How to clear link to imagesTest from my local repository?
(Yes, I could start by cloning the remote repositories again, but I'd rather clear the local copy ...)
Thanks for any info ...

Answer 1

The remote branch was probably deleted by another person, but your local repo is not aware of this until you run git fetch --prune .

This command will remove from your local repo branches that no longer exist on the remote computer.

Answer 2

Your first command should use the --prune switch

 git remote update -p 

This will remove the deleted remote branches from all updated remotes

Answer 3

The safest way is to use

 git remote prune origin 

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