On Mon, 21 Sep 2015, Richard Guy Briggs wrote:
> On 15/09/21, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> >
> > perusing o'reilly's "version control with git (2nd ed)", doing more
> > proofreading possibly in preparation for a 3rd edition, and ran across
> > this passage about deleting branches i hadn't noticed
> > > can someone clarify this? is this as confusing as it seems to be to
> > > me?
> >
> > My understanding is the -d option to delete a branch won't let you
> > do so unless it is in another branch (don't remember which branch),
The upstream is the branch you are looking for.
git-branch(1):
