How to close off a Git Branch

Question

I m starting out using Git   GitHub  In our distributed team  each member is creating their own branch for each issue requirement they are allocated   git branch Issue 1      lt -- create this branch git checkout issue 1    lt -- switch over to this branch  now code code  commit  code  commit  etc    then pull request  code-fixup  commit  code  commit    etc  and finally the pull request is accepted  But  now what  Does the person who created the branch on their local dev machine need to close off the branch  A suggestion was for the dev person to delete the branch       -D      and then do a pull   refresh of the master    which then will get all their branch code

User · Answer

after complete the code first merge branch to master then delete that branch  git checkout master git merge  lt branch-name gt  git branch -d  lt branch-name gt

User · Answer

Yes  just delete the branch by running git push origin  branchname  To fix a new issue later  branch off from master again

User · Answer

We request that the developer asking for the pull request state that they would like the branch deleted  Most of the time this is the case  There are times when a branch is needed  e g  copying the changes to another release branch    My fingers have memorized our process   git checkout  lt feature-branch gt  git pull git checkout  lt release-branch gt  git pull git merge --no-ff  lt feature-branch gt  git push git tag -a branch- lt feature-branch gt  -m  Merge  lt feature-branch gt  into  lt release-branch gt   git push --tags git branch -d  lt feature-branch gt  git push origin   lt feature-branch gt    A branch is for work  A tag marks a place in time  By tagging each branch merge we can resurrect a branch if that is needed  The branch tags have been used several times to review changes

[git] How to close off a Git Branch?

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