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Is it safe to delete a branch from a github fork once it's been merged upstream?
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Mar 15, 20265811 viewsConfidence Score0%
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I've only recently tried my hand at forking in github and would like some "best practice" advice. I created a branch in my fork, and that branch got pulled into master of the upstream project. It no longer appears in the network graph, but it's still there on the github. Is it safe for me to delete…
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When you add something to master branch, it's there for good. Merging another branch to master is just adding things from other branch to master. When you delete that other branch, the history inside the branch is lost if you rebased it. But it does…
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