git_branch_delete: Delete a branch

In jennybc/githug: Interface to local and remote Git operations

Description

Delete an existing local branch. You won't be allowed to delete the branch you're on. Switch to another branch, then delete.

Usage

git_branch_delete(name, repo = ".")

Arguments

name	Name of the branch
repo	Path to a Git repo. If unspecified, current working directory is checked to see if it is or is inside a Git repo.

Details

Convenience wrapper around git2r::branch_delete().

Examples

repo <- git_init(tempfile("githug-branches-"))
owd <- setwd(repo)

## commit so that master branch exists
writeLines("Well, we're not in the middle of nowhere...", "nowhere.txt")
git_commit("nowhere.txt", message = "... but we can see it from here.")

## create a branch off of master
git_branch_create("doomed")
git_branch_list()

## switch to doomed branch
git_switch("doomed")
git_branch()

## Not run: 
## try -- and fail -- to delete doomed branch
git_branch_delete("doomed")

## End(Not run)

## switch back to master
git_switch()

## delete the new branch
git_branch_delete("doomed")
git_branch_list()

setwd(owd)

jennybc/githug documentation built on May 19, 2019, 5:05 a.m.