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How to remove branches already deleted on GitHub that still show up in VS Code?

In VS Code, after I do a pull request and delete the branch on GitHub, that branch still shows up in Visual Studio Code. If I select the branch, it gives an Error, as expected.

How do I remove these now-deleted branches from VS Code. Can it be done automatically?

Solution

  • Apparently, this feature is intentional. I found out that a correct way to remove all remote branches that have been deleted from Github is to run the following command.

    git fetch --prune

    Then restart visual studio to remove the branches from the command palette