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 6cc1c7921f0bab8ec2c2b02e47594f57246b141b..646c55cc6954fbf36a11fbe22cb2c1acb64dfd43 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/howto/rebase-and-edit.txt
+++ b/Documentation/howto/rebase-and-edit.txt
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ And then, you can just remove the broken branch if you decide you really
 don't want it:
 
        # remove 'broken' branch
 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
 
        # 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 e4cce5bf7f8ad78feeedaa37b138991a93a05912..5a7e0cfe05f10f1dd27d39af9c8c690b50972878 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/howto/revert-branch-rebase.txt
+++ b/Documentation/howto/revert-branch-rebase.txt
@@ -153,7 +153,8 @@ Everything is in the good order.  I do not need the temporary branch
 nor tag anymore, so remove them:
 
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 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
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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 d30fa850480446a6682430db2a327986e6f65e69..c6c635a51ee813a9c09b342e2c06a2644b0ac413 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/howto/using-topic-branches.txt
+++ b/Documentation/howto/using-topic-branches.txt
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ output from:
 
 is empty.  At this point the branch can be deleted:
 
 
 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
 
 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