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after running

git fetch

I can see some branches which are not (anymore) on GitHub (using git branch -a). Why is this? How can I resolve this? It's especially uncomfortable in git-cola, where I can see all these dead branches.

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  • aren't these local branches ? Commented Nov 19, 2012 at 12:45
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    Possible duplicate (but applied to GitHub): stackoverflow.com/a/3184742/1012381 Commented Nov 19, 2012 at 12:47

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If there are 'dead' branches that were deleted from another developer/machine, you need to prune your local version of the repository:

git remote prune origin
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