From 1798a7d4c0e6306a2b9e234d2b59ff0a0679431f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Richard Littauer <richard.littauer@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2015 16:00:45 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Added explanation for deleting a branch

---
 README.md | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a7c56c4..3ec671e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ For clarity's sake all examples in this document use a customized bash prompt in
     - [Delete/remove last pushed commit](#deleteremove-last-pushed-commit)
     - [Delete/remove last local commit](#deleteremove-last-local-commit)
     - [Delete/remove arbitrary commit](#deleteremove-arbitrary-commit)
+    - [I want to delete a branch](#i-want-to-delete-a-branch)
     - [Delete tag](#delete-tag)
   - [Deleted Patch](#deleted-patch)
   - [Check if all commits on a branch are merged](#check-if-all-commits-on-a-branch-are-merged)
@@ -677,6 +678,27 @@ git rebase --onto SHA1_OF_BAD_COMMIT^ SHA1_OF_BAD_COMMIT
 git push -f [remote] [branch]
 ```
 
+<a name="i-want-to-delete-a-branch"></a>
+### I want to delete a branch
+
+To delete a remote branch:
+
+```sh
+(master)$ git push origin --delete my-branch
+```
+
+You can also do:
+
+```sh
+(master)$ git push origin :my-branch
+```
+
+To delete a local branch:
+
+```sh
+(master)$ git branch -D my-branch
+```
+
 <a name="delete-tag"></a>
 ### Delete tag