How to delete a remote branch using magit in emacs

Question

what is the magit key sequence which is the equivalent of

git push origin :branch-to-be-deleted

that will cause the branch to be dropped from the remote repo.

Affricative

Answer 1

The built in branch delete feature of magit (magit-status, b k; or directly call the function magit-branch-delete) will delete remote branches in addition to local branches. Instead of specifying my-branch as the branch to delete, make sure to specify my-remote/my-branch.

Bish

Note that branch deletion is bound to magit-status,b,x (instead of k) in the current version of Magit. – United

Answer 2

You can type y (magit-show-refs) to go to the refs buffer, and then k (magit-branch-delete) on any remote branch to delete it.

Munday

For me that was y r – Ormond

For me, it was x rather than k. – Levitt

I'll just note that neither x nor r are standard Magit key bindings for this. By default x is for resetting, and r is for rebasing, and k is for discarding or deleting. Anything different is due to your own config. Thanks for adding the command names to the answer, @Mark. – Munday

those alternative keybindings are default when using evil and evil-collection packages, fwiw. See github.com/emacs-evil/evil-collection/blob/master/modes/magit/… – Darcydarda