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Replies for: Nice tip! Any reason for using force to delete local branch though (git branch -D "$1", the d is majuscule)? I think it'd be safer to use git bra...

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Ahmad Awais ⚡️ • • Edited

Thanks.

I think that's because it avoids the message of the branch not being merged?

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Mathieu PATUREL •

Yes, so that means you lose your code (hence the force).