git notes - git: How to delete a local ref branch?

Question

I have bit of a difficulty in deleting a local ref branch(refs/notes/origin/commits). I was able to delete the branch(refs/notes/origin/commits) in the remote repository using the command

git push origin :refs/notes/origin/commits

but when i try to delete the same branch on my local repository, i get the below error

[User@centos Clone]# git branch -rd refs/notes/origin/commits
error: remote branch 'refs/notes/origin/commits' not found.

Any suggestions?

Answer 1

Just do

git branch -d commits

to delete the local branch.

Use the -D switch to delete it irrespective of its merged status.

Use

git update-ref -d refs/notes/origin/commits

to delete the ref.

You can also hard-delete it as mentioned in other answers with

rm -rf .git/refs/notes