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translation available in <table> <tr><td><a href="/book/az/v2/Git%e2%80%99d%c9%99-Branch-Branch-%c4%b0dar%c9%99edilm%c9%99si">azərbaycan dili</a>,</td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/book/bg/v2/%d0%9a%d0%bb%d0%be%d0%bd%d0%be%d0%b2%d0%b5-%d0%b2-Git-%d0%a3%d0%bf%d1%80%d0%b0%d0%b2%d0%bb%d0%b5%d0%bd%d0%b8%d0%b5-%d0%bd%d0%b0-%d0%ba%d0%bb%d0%be%d0%bd%d0%be%d0%b2%d0%b5">български език</a>,</td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/book/de/v2/Git-Branching-Branch-Management">Deutsch</a>,</td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/book/es/v2/Ramificaciones-en-Git-Gesti%c3%b3n-de-Ramas">Español</a>,</td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/book/fr/v2/Les-branches-avec-Git-Gestion-des-branches">Français</a>,</td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/book/gr">Ελληνικά</a>,</td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/book/ja/v2/Git-%e3%81%ae%e3%83%96%e3%83%a9%e3%83%b3%e3%83%81%e6%a9%9f%e8%83%bd-%e3%83%96%e3%83%a9%e3%83%b3%e3%83%81%e3%81%ae%e7%ae%a1%e7%90%86">日本語</a>,</td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/book/ko/v2/Git-%eb%b8%8c%eb%9e%9c%ec%b9%98-%eb%b8%8c%eb%9e%9c%ec%b9%98-%ea%b4%80%eb%a6%ac">한국어</a>,</td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/book/nl/v2/Branchen-in-Git-Branch-beheer">Nederlands</a>,</td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/book/ru/v2/%d0%92%d0%b5%d1%82%d0%b2%d0%bb%d0%b5%d0%bd%d0%b8%d0%b5-%d0%b2-Git-%d0%a3%d0%bf%d1%80%d0%b0%d0%b2%d0%bb%d0%b5%d0%bd%d0%b8%d0%b5-%d0%b2%d0%b5%d1%82%d0%ba%d0%b0%d0%bc%d0%b8">Русский</a>,</td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/book/sl/v2/Veje-Git-Upravljanje-vej">Slovenščina</a>,</td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/book/tl/v2/Pag-branch-ng-Git-Pamamahala-ng-Branch">Tagalog</a>,</td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/book/uk/v2/%d0%93%d0%b0%d0%bb%d1%83%d0%b6%d0%b5%d0%bd%d0%bd%d1%8f-%d0%b2-git-%d0%a3%d0%bf%d1%80%d0%b0%d0%b2%d0%bb%d1%96%d0%bd%d0%bd%d1%8f-%d0%b3%d1%96%d0%bb%d0%ba%d0%b0%d0%bc%d0%b8">Українська</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/book/zh/v2/Git-%e5%88%86%e6%94%af-%e5%88%86%e6%94%af%e7%ae%a1%e7%90%86">简体中文</a>,</td></tr> </table> </p> <p> Partial translations available in <table> <tr><td><a href="/book/cs/v2/V%c4%9btve-v-syst%c3%a9mu-Git-Spr%c3%a1va-v%c4%9btv%c3%ad">Čeština</a>,</td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/book/mk/v2/%d0%93%d1%80%d0%b0%d0%bd%d0%b5%d1%9a%d0%b5-%d0%b2%d0%be-Git-Branch-Management">Македонски</a>,</td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/book/pl/v2/Ga%c5%82%c4%99zie-Gita-Zarz%c4%85dzanie-ga%c5%82%c4%99ziami">Polski</a>,</td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/book/sr/v2/%d0%93%d1%80%d0%b0%d0%bd%d0%b0%d1%9a%d0%b5-%d1%83-%d0%bf%d1%80%d0%be%d0%b3%d1%80%d0%b0%d0%bc%d1%83-%d0%93%d0%b8%d1%82-%d0%a3%d0%bf%d1%80%d0%b0%d0%b2%d1%99%d0%b0%d1%9a%d0%b5-%d0%b3%d1%80%d0%b0%d0%bd%d0%b0%d0%bc%d0%b0">Српски</a>,</td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/book/uz/v2/Git-%d0%b4%d0%b0-%d1%82%d0%b0%d1%80%d0%bc%d0%be%d2%9b%d0%bb%d0%b0%d0%bd%d0%b8%d1%88-%d0%a2%d0%b0%d1%80%d0%bc%d0%be%d2%9b%d0%bb%d0%b0%d1%80%d0%bd%d0%b8-%d0%b1%d0%be%d1%88%d2%9b%d0%b0%d1%80%d0%b8%d1%88">Ўзбекча</a>,</td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/book/zh-tw/v2/%e4%bd%bf%e7%94%a8-Git-%e5%88%86%e6%94%af-%e5%88%86%e6%94%af%e7%ae%a1%e7%90%86">繁體中文</a>,</td></tr> </table> </p> <p> Translations started for <table> <tr><td><a href="/book/be/v2/Git-Branching-Branch-Management">Беларуская</a>,</td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/book/fa/v2/%d8%b4%d8%a7%d8%ae%d9%87%e2%80%8c%d8%b3%d8%a7%d8%b2%db%8c-%d8%af%d8%b1-%da%af%db%8c%d8%aa-%d9%85%d8%af%db%8c%d8%b1%db%8c%d8%aa-%d8%b4%d8%a7%d8%ae%d9%87" dir="rtl">فارسی</a>,</td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/book/id/v2/Git-Branching-Branch-Management">Indonesian</a>,</td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/book/it/v2/Git-Branching-Branch-Management">Italiano</a>,</td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/book/ms/v2/Git-Branching-Branch-Management">Bahasa Melayu</a>,</td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/book/pt-br/v2/Branches-no-Git-Gest%c3%a3o-de-Branches">Português (Brasil)</a>,</td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/book/pt-pt/v2/Ramifica%c3%a7%c3%a3o-do-Git-Branch-Management">Português (Portugal)</a>,</td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/book/sv/v2/Git-f%c3%b6rgreningar-Hantera-grenar">Svenska</a>,</td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/book/tr/v2/Git-Dallar%c4%b1-Dal-Y%c3%b6netimi">Türkçe</a>.</td></tr> </table> </p> <hr class="sidebar"/> <p> The source of this book is <a href="https://github.com/progit/progit2-id">hosted on GitHub.</a></br> Patches, suggestions and comments are welcome. </p> </nav> </aside> <div id="content"> <div id="book-chapters"> <a class="dropdown-trigger" id="book-chapters-trigger" data-panel-id="chapters-dropdown" href="#">Chapters ▾</a> <div class='dropdown-panel' id='chapters-dropdown'> <div class='three-column'> <div class="column-left"> <ol class='book-toc'> <li class='chapter'> <h2>1. <a href="/book/id/v2/Memulai-Tentang-Version-Control">Memulai</a></h2> <ol> <li> 1.1 <a href="/book/id/v2/Memulai-Tentang-Version-Control">Tentang Version Control</a> </li> <li> 1.2 <a href="/book/id/v2/Memulai-Sejarah-Singkat-Git">Sejarah Singkat Git</a> </li> <li> 1.3 <a href="/book/id/v2/Memulai-Dasar-dasar-Git">Dasar-dasar Git</a> </li> <li> 1.4 <a href="/book/id/v2/Memulai-Command-Line">Command Line</a> </li> <li> 1.5 <a href="/book/id/v2/Memulai-Memasang-Git">Memasang Git</a> </li> <li> 1.6 <a href="/book/id/v2/Memulai-Pengaturan-Awal-Git">Pengaturan Awal Git</a> </li> <li> 1.7 <a href="/book/id/v2/Memulai-Mendapatkan-Bantuan">Mendapatkan Bantuan</a> </li> <li> 1.8 <a href="/book/id/v2/Memulai-Kesimpulan">Kesimpulan</a> </li> </ol> </li> <li class='chapter'> <h2>2. <a href="/book/id/v2/Git-Basics-Mendapatkan-Repository-Git">Git Basics</a></h2> <ol> <li> 2.1 <a href="/book/id/v2/Git-Basics-Mendapatkan-Repository-Git">Mendapatkan Repository Git</a> </li> <li> 2.2 <a href="/book/id/v2/Git-Basics-Recording-Changes-to-the-Repository">Recording Changes to the Repository</a> </li> <li> 2.3 <a href="/book/id/v2/Git-Basics-Viewing-the-Commit-History">Viewing the Commit History</a> </li> <li> 2.4 <a href="/book/id/v2/Git-Basics-Undoing-Things">Undoing Things</a> </li> <li> 2.5 <a href="/book/id/v2/Git-Basics-Working-with-Remotes">Working with Remotes</a> </li> <li> 2.6 <a href="/book/id/v2/Git-Basics-Tagging">Tagging</a> </li> <li> 2.7 <a href="/book/id/v2/Git-Basics-Alias-Git">Alias Git</a> </li> <li> 2.8 <a href="/book/id/v2/Git-Basics-Summary">Summary</a> </li> </ol> </li> <li class='chapter'> <h2>3. <a href="/book/id/v2/Git-Branching-Branches-in-a-Nutshell">Git Branching</a></h2> <ol> <li> 3.1 <a href="/book/id/v2/Git-Branching-Branches-in-a-Nutshell">Branches in a Nutshell</a> </li> <li> 3.2 <a href="/book/id/v2/Git-Branching-Basic-Branching-and-Merging">Basic Branching and Merging</a> </li> <li> 3.3 <a href="/book/id/v2/Git-Branching-Branch-Management" class="active">Branch Management</a> </li> <li> 3.4 <a href="/book/id/v2/Git-Branching-Branching-Workflows">Branching Workflows</a> </li> <li> 3.5 <a href="/book/id/v2/Git-Branching-Remote-Branches">Remote Branches</a> </li> <li> 3.6 <a href="/book/id/v2/Git-Branching-Rebasing">Rebasing</a> </li> <li> 3.7 <a href="/book/id/v2/Git-Branching-Summary">Summary</a> </li> </ol> </li> <li class='chapter'> <h2>4. <a href="/book/id/v2/Git-di-Server-Protokol">Git di Server</a></h2> <ol> <li> 4.1 <a href="/book/id/v2/Git-di-Server-Protokol">Protokol</a> </li> <li> 4.2 <a href="/book/id/v2/Git-di-Server-Getting-Git-on-a-Server">Getting Git on a Server</a> </li> <li> 4.3 <a href="/book/id/v2/Git-di-Server-Generating-Your-SSH-Public-Key">Generating Your SSH Public Key</a> </li> <li> 4.4 <a href="/book/id/v2/Git-di-Server-Setting-Up-the-Server">Setting Up the Server</a> </li> <li> 4.5 <a href="/book/id/v2/Git-di-Server-Git-Daemon">Git Daemon</a> </li> <li> 4.6 <a href="/book/id/v2/Git-di-Server-Smart-HTTP">Smart HTTP</a> </li> <li> 4.7 <a href="/book/id/v2/Git-di-Server-GitWeb">GitWeb</a> </li> <li> 4.8 <a href="/book/id/v2/Git-di-Server-GitLab">GitLab</a> </li> <li> 4.9 <a href="/book/id/v2/Git-di-Server-Third-Party-Hosted-Options">Third Party Hosted Options</a> </li> <li> 4.10 <a href="/book/id/v2/Git-di-Server-Ringkasan">Ringkasan</a> </li> </ol> </li> <li class='chapter'> <h2>5. <a href="/book/id/v2/Distributed-Git-Distributed-Workflows">Distributed Git</a></h2> <ol> <li> 5.1 <a href="/book/id/v2/Distributed-Git-Distributed-Workflows">Distributed Workflows</a> </li> <li> 5.2 <a href="/book/id/v2/Distributed-Git-Contributing-to-a-Project">Contributing to a Project</a> </li> <li> 5.3 <a href="/book/id/v2/Distributed-Git-Maintaining-a-Project">Maintaining a Project</a> </li> <li> 5.4 <a href="/book/id/v2/Distributed-Git-Summary">Summary</a> </li> </ol> </li> </ol> </div> <div class='column-middle'> <ol class='book-toc'> <li class='chapter'> <h2>6. <a href="/book/id/v2/GitHub-Pengaturan-dan-Konfigurasi-Akun">GitHub</a></h2> <ol> <li> 6.1 <a href="/book/id/v2/GitHub-Pengaturan-dan-Konfigurasi-Akun">Pengaturan dan Konfigurasi Akun</a> </li> <li> 6.2 <a href="/book/id/v2/GitHub-Contributing-to-a-Project">Contributing to a Project</a> </li> <li> 6.3 <a href="/book/id/v2/GitHub-Maintaining-a-Project">Maintaining a Project</a> </li> <li> 6.4 <a href="/book/id/v2/GitHub-Mengelola-Organization">Mengelola Organization</a> </li> <li> 6.5 <a href="/book/id/v2/GitHub-Scripting-GitHub">Scripting GitHub</a> </li> <li> 6.6 <a href="/book/id/v2/GitHub-Ringkasan">Ringkasan</a> </li> </ol> </li> <li class='chapter'> <h2>7. <a href="/book/id/v2/Git-Tools-Revision-Selection">Git Tools</a></h2> <ol> <li> 7.1 <a href="/book/id/v2/Git-Tools-Revision-Selection">Revision Selection</a> </li> <li> 7.2 <a href="/book/id/v2/Git-Tools-Interactive-Staging">Interactive Staging</a> </li> <li> 7.3 <a href="/book/id/v2/Git-Tools-Stashing-and-Cleaning">Stashing and Cleaning</a> </li> <li> 7.4 <a href="/book/id/v2/Git-Tools-Signing-Your-Work">Signing Your Work</a> </li> <li> 7.5 <a href="/book/id/v2/Git-Tools-Searching">Searching</a> </li> <li> 7.6 <a href="/book/id/v2/Git-Tools-Rewriting-History">Rewriting History</a> </li> <li> 7.7 <a href="/book/id/v2/Git-Tools-Reset-Demystified">Reset Demystified</a> </li> <li> 7.8 <a href="/book/id/v2/Git-Tools-Advanced-Merging">Advanced Merging</a> </li> <li> 7.9 <a href="/book/id/v2/Git-Tools-Rerere">Rerere</a> </li> <li> 7.10 <a href="/book/id/v2/Git-Tools-Debugging-with-Git">Debugging with Git</a> </li> <li> 7.11 <a href="/book/id/v2/Git-Tools-Submodules">Submodules</a> </li> <li> 7.12 <a href="/book/id/v2/Git-Tools-Bundling">Bundling</a> </li> <li> 7.13 <a href="/book/id/v2/Git-Tools-Replace">Replace</a> </li> <li> 7.14 <a href="/book/id/v2/Git-Tools-Credential-Storage">Credential Storage</a> </li> <li> 7.15 <a href="/book/id/v2/Git-Tools-Summary">Summary</a> </li> </ol> </li> <li class='chapter'> <h2>8. <a href="/book/id/v2/Kostumisasi-Git-Konfigurasi-Git">Kostumisasi Git</a></h2> <ol> <li> 8.1 <a href="/book/id/v2/Kostumisasi-Git-Konfigurasi-Git">Konfigurasi Git</a> </li> <li> 8.2 <a href="/book/id/v2/Kostumisasi-Git-Git-Attributes">Git Attributes</a> </li> <li> 8.3 <a href="/book/id/v2/Kostumisasi-Git-Git-Hooks">Git Hooks</a> </li> <li> 8.4 <a href="/book/id/v2/Kostumisasi-Git-An-Example-Git-Enforced-Policy">An Example Git-Enforced Policy</a> </li> <li> 8.5 <a href="/book/id/v2/Kostumisasi-Git-Ringkasan">Ringkasan</a> </li> </ol> </li> <li class='chapter'> <h2>9. <a href="/book/id/v2/Git-and-Other-Systems-Git-as-a-Client">Git and Other Systems</a></h2> <ol> <li> 9.1 <a href="/book/id/v2/Git-and-Other-Systems-Git-as-a-Client">Git as a Client</a> </li> <li> 9.2 <a href="/book/id/v2/Git-and-Other-Systems-Migrating-to-Git">Migrating to Git</a> </li> <li> 9.3 <a href="/book/id/v2/Git-and-Other-Systems-Summary">Summary</a> </li> </ol> </li> <li class='chapter'> <h2>10. <a href="/book/id/v2/Git-Internals-Plumbing-and-Porcelain">Git Internals</a></h2> <ol> <li> 10.1 <a href="/book/id/v2/Git-Internals-Plumbing-and-Porcelain">Plumbing and Porcelain</a> </li> <li> 10.2 <a href="/book/id/v2/Git-Internals-Git-Objects">Git Objects</a> </li> <li> 10.3 <a href="/book/id/v2/Git-Internals-Git-References">Git References</a> </li> <li> 10.4 <a href="/book/id/v2/Git-Internals-Packfiles">Packfiles</a> </li> <li> 10.5 <a href="/book/id/v2/Git-Internals-The-Refspec">The Refspec</a> </li> <li> 10.6 <a href="/book/id/v2/Git-Internals-Transfer-Protocols">Transfer Protocols</a> </li> <li> 10.7 <a href="/book/id/v2/Git-Internals-Maintenance-and-Data-Recovery">Maintenance and Data Recovery</a> </li> <li> 10.8 <a href="/book/id/v2/Git-Internals-Environment-Variables">Environment Variables</a> </li> <li> 10.9 <a href="/book/id/v2/Git-Internals-Summary">Summary</a> </li> </ol> </li> </ol> </div> <div class='column-right'> <ol class='book-toc'> <li class='chapter'> <h2>A1. <a href="/book/id/v2/Appendix-A:-Git-in-Other-Environments-Graphical-Interfaces">Appendix A: Git in Other Environments</a></h2> <ol> <li> A1.1 <a href="/book/id/v2/Appendix-A:-Git-in-Other-Environments-Graphical-Interfaces">Graphical Interfaces</a> </li> <li> A1.2 <a href="/book/id/v2/Appendix-A:-Git-in-Other-Environments-Git-in-Visual-Studio">Git in Visual Studio</a> </li> <li> A1.3 <a href="/book/id/v2/Appendix-A:-Git-in-Other-Environments-Git-in-Eclipse">Git in Eclipse</a> </li> <li> A1.4 <a href="/book/id/v2/Appendix-A:-Git-in-Other-Environments-Git-in-Bash">Git in Bash</a> </li> <li> A1.5 <a href="/book/id/v2/Appendix-A:-Git-in-Other-Environments-Git-in-Zsh">Git in Zsh</a> </li> <li> A1.6 <a href="/book/id/v2/Appendix-A:-Git-in-Other-Environments-Git-in-Powershell">Git in Powershell</a> </li> <li> A1.7 <a href="/book/id/v2/Appendix-A:-Git-in-Other-Environments-Summary">Summary</a> </li> </ol> </li> <li class='chapter'> <h2>A2. <a href="/book/id/v2/Appendix-B:-Embedding-Git-in-your-Applications-Command-line-Git">Appendix B: Embedding Git in your Applications</a></h2> <ol> <li> A2.1 <a href="/book/id/v2/Appendix-B:-Embedding-Git-in-your-Applications-Command-line-Git">Command-line Git</a> </li> <li> A2.2 <a href="/book/id/v2/Appendix-B:-Embedding-Git-in-your-Applications-Libgit2">Libgit2</a> </li> <li> A2.3 <a href="/book/id/v2/Appendix-B:-Embedding-Git-in-your-Applications-JGit">JGit</a> </li> </ol> </li> <li class='chapter'> <h2>A3. <a href="/book/id/v2/Appendix-C:-Git-Commands-Setup-and-Config">Appendix C: Git Commands</a></h2> <ol> <li> A3.1 <a href="/book/id/v2/Appendix-C:-Git-Commands-Setup-and-Config">Setup and Config</a> </li> <li> A3.2 <a href="/book/id/v2/Appendix-C:-Git-Commands-Getting-and-Creating-Projects">Getting and Creating Projects</a> </li> <li> A3.3 <a href="/book/id/v2/Appendix-C:-Git-Commands-Basic-Snapshotting">Basic Snapshotting</a> </li> <li> A3.4 <a href="/book/id/v2/Appendix-C:-Git-Commands-Branching-and-Merging">Branching and Merging</a> </li> <li> A3.5 <a href="/book/id/v2/Appendix-C:-Git-Commands-Sharing-and-Updating-Projects">Sharing and Updating Projects</a> </li> <li> A3.6 <a href="/book/id/v2/Appendix-C:-Git-Commands-Inspection-and-Comparison">Inspection and Comparison</a> </li> <li> A3.7 <a href="/book/id/v2/Appendix-C:-Git-Commands-Debugging">Debugging</a> </li> <li> A3.8 <a href="/book/id/v2/Appendix-C:-Git-Commands-Patching">Patching</a> </li> <li> A3.9 <a href="/book/id/v2/Appendix-C:-Git-Commands-Email">Email</a> </li> <li> A3.10 <a href="/book/id/v2/Appendix-C:-Git-Commands-External-Systems">External Systems</a> </li> <li> A3.11 <a href="/book/id/v2/Appendix-C:-Git-Commands-Administration">Administration</a> </li> <li> A3.12 <a href="/book/id/v2/Appendix-C:-Git-Commands-Plumbing-Commands">Plumbing Commands</a> </li> </ol> </li> </ol> </div> </div> </div> <span class="light" id="edition"> 2nd Edition </span> </div> <div id="main" data-pagefind-filter="category:book" data-pagefind-meta="category:Book" data-pagefind-weight="0.05" data-pagefind-body class="book edition2"> <h1>3.3 Git Branching - Branch Management</h1> <div> <h2 id="_branch_management">Branch Management</h2> <div class="paragraph"> <p> Now that you’ve created, merged, and deleted some branches, let’s look at some branch-management tools that will come in handy when you begin using branches all the time.</p> </div> <div class="paragraph"> <p>The <code>git branch</code> command does more than just create and delete branches. If you run it with no arguments, you get a simple listing of your current branches:</p> </div> <div class="listingblock"> <div class="content"> <pre class="highlight"><code class="language-console" data-lang="console">$ git branch iss53 * master testing</code></pre> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph"> <p>Notice the <code>*</code> character that prefixes the <code>master</code> branch: it indicates the branch that you currently have checked out (i.e., the branch that <code>HEAD</code> points to). This means that if you commit at this point, the <code>master</code> branch will be moved forward with your new work. To see the last commit on each branch, you can run <code>git branch -v</code>:</p> </div> <div class="listingblock"> <div class="content"> <pre class="highlight"><code class="language-console" data-lang="console">$ git branch -v iss53 93b412c fix javascript issue * master 7a98805 Merge branch 'iss53' testing 782fd34 add scott to the author list in the readmes</code></pre> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph"> <p>The useful <code>--merged</code> and <code>--no-merged</code> options can filter this list to branches that you have or have not yet merged into the branch you’re currently on. To see which branches are already merged into the branch you’re on, you can run <code>git branch --merged</code>:</p> </div> <div class="listingblock"> <div class="content"> <pre class="highlight"><code class="language-console" data-lang="console">$ git branch --merged iss53 * master</code></pre> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph"> <p>Because you already merged in <code>iss53</code> earlier, you see it in your list. Branches on this list without the <code>*</code> in front of them are generally fine to delete with <code>git branch -d</code>; you’ve already incorporated their work into another branch, so you’re not going to lose anything.</p> </div> <div class="paragraph"> <p>To see all the branches that contain work you haven’t yet merged in, you can run <code>git branch --no-merged</code>:</p> </div> <div class="listingblock"> <div class="content"> <pre class="highlight"><code class="language-console" data-lang="console">$ git branch --no-merged testing</code></pre> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph"> <p>This shows your other branch. Because it contains work that isn’t merged in yet, trying to delete it with <code>git branch -d</code> will fail:</p> </div> <div class="listingblock"> <div class="content"> <pre class="highlight"><code class="language-console" data-lang="console">$ git branch -d testing error: The branch 'testing' is not fully merged. If you are sure you want to delete it, run 'git branch -D testing'.</code></pre> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph"> <p>If you really do want to delete the branch and lose that work, you can force it with <code>-D</code>, as the helpful message points out.</p> </div> <div id="nav"><a href="/book/id/v2/Git-Branching-Basic-Branching-and-Merging">prev</a> | <a href="/book/id/v2/Git-Branching-Branching-Workflows">next</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <footer> <div class="site-source"> <a href="/site">About this site</a><br> Patches, suggestions, and comments are welcome. </div> <div class="sfc-member"> Git is a member of <a href="/sfc">Software Freedom Conservancy</a> </div> </footer> <a href="#top" class="no-js scrollToTop" id="scrollToTop" data-label="Scroll to top"> <img src="/images/icons/chevron-up@2x.png" width="20" height="20" alt="scroll-to-top"/> </a> <script src="/js/jquery-1.7.1.min.js"></script> <script src="/js/jquery-ui-1.8.18.custom.min.js"></script> <script src="/js/jquery.defaultvalue.js"></script> <script src="/js/session.min.js"></script> <script src="/js/application.min.js"></script> </div> </body> </html>