Patricio Treviño · 21 June, 2018 · 1 min read

Prunes the repository from deleted remote branches using the terminal

Syntax

git fetch [remote] [-p | --prune]

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Option	Description
remote	The remote to be used (defaults to origin).

Example

      
        # prunes the remote repository origin
      
        git fetch --prune
      
        # same as above
      
        git fetch -p
      
        # prunes the remote repository upstream
      
        git fetch upstream --prune
      
        # same as above
      
        git fetch upstream -p

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References

git-fetch

	# prunes the remote repository origin
	git fetch --prune

	# same as above
	git fetch -p

	# prunes the remote repository upstream
	git fetch upstream --prune

	# same as above
	git fetch upstream -p