On Fri, Jun 6, 2025, at 13:20, Ondra Medek wrote: > I have a git 2.49.0 (Windows) and one local working tree is kind of > broken, when I try: > > $ git push origin branch1 > Total 0 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0), pack-reused 0 (from 0) > To file:///c:/... > * [new branch] branch1 -> branch1 > Everything up-to-date > > $ git push origin :branch1 > To file:///c:/... > - [deleted] branch1 > error: unable to delete 'branch1': remote ref does not exist > error: failed to push some refs to 'file:///c:/...' I was note able to reproduce on Git 2.49.0 on Linux. Both through a HTTPS remote as well as a local (filesystem) remote. ``` $ ./git diagnose Collecting diagnostic info git version 2.49.0 cpu: x86_64 built from commit: 683c54c999c301c2cd6f715c411407c413b1d84e sizeof-long: 8 sizeof-size_t: 8 shell-path: /bin/sh libcurl: 7.81.0 OpenSSL: OpenSSL 3.0.2 15 Mar 2022 zlib: 1.2.11 Repository root: <path> Available space on '<path>': 202.28 GiB (mount flags 0x1000) ``` > So, the same `git push` command first deletes the branch and then > fails because it does not exist. It worked well until something > happened and since that time it's broken. I've tried `git gc > --aggressive --prune`, but it didn't help. > > When I do `git clone` of the same repository to another local working > tree, then it's OK - the branch is deleted without the error. > > Is this a Git bug? Is it possible to fix the local working tree except > for a new git clone? > > Note: I am developing an app which uses (creates and deletes) custom > refs often. So, I've hit this bug when trying to delete a custom ref. > I have cleared all custom refs and tried that with Git branches. > > Cheers > Andy
