How do we remove branches that no longer exist from the auto complete in Git?

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^ For example, you can see that after I run git br (alias for git branch)

I no longer have the fix/add-themed-validation branch, I deleted it.

However when I try to check out a different branch with a similar name, the fix branch is in my auto complete.

Possible duplicate of git remote branch deleted but still appears in 'branch -a' — phd
– phd, Commented Jan 10, 2019 at 18:53

Julian · Accepted Answer · 2019-01-10 16:13:57Z

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That probably the one from a remote (e.g. origin). You need to remove that one from the remote and "prune"

git fetch --prune

answered Jan 10, 2019 at 16:13

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