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Remove GitHubRepositoryBranch

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Remove-GitHubRepositoryBranch

SYNOPSIS

Removes a branch from a given GitHub repository.

SYNTAX

Elements (Default)

Remove-GitHubRepositoryBranch [-OwnerName <String>] [-RepositoryName <String>] [-BranchName] <String> [-Force]
 [-AccessToken <String>] [-WhatIf] [-Confirm] [<CommonParameters>]

Uri

Remove-GitHubRepositoryBranch [-Uri] <String> [-BranchName] <String> [-Force] [-AccessToken <String>] [-WhatIf]
 [-Confirm] [<CommonParameters>]

DESCRIPTION

Removes a branch from a given GitHub repository.

The Git repo for this module can be found here: http://aka.ms/PowerShellForGitHub

EXAMPLES

EXAMPLE 1

Remove-GitHubRepositoryBranch -OwnerName microsoft -RepositoryName PowerShellForGitHub -BranchName develop

Removes the 'develop' branch from the specified repository.

EXAMPLE 2

Remove-GitHubRepositoryBranch -OwnerName microsoft -RepositoryName PowerShellForGitHub -BranchName develop -Force

Removes the 'develop' branch from the specified repository without prompting for confirmation.

EXAMPLE 3

$branch = Get-GitHubRepositoryBranch -Uri https://github.com/You/YourRepo -BranchName BranchToDelete
$branch | Remove-GitHubRepositoryBranch -Force

You can also pipe in a repo that was returned from a previous command.

PARAMETERS

-AccessToken

If provided, this will be used as the AccessToken for authentication with the REST Api. Otherwise, will attempt to use the configured value or will run unauthenticated.

Type: System.String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-BranchName

Name of the branch to be removed.

Type: System.String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: 3
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: True (ByPropertyName)
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Force

If this switch is specified, you will not be prompted for confirmation of command execution.

Type: System.Management.Automation.SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: False
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-OwnerName

Owner of the repository. If not supplied here, the DefaultOwnerName configuration property value will be used.

Type: System.String
Parameter Sets: Elements
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-RepositoryName

Name of the repository. If not supplied here, the DefaultRepositoryName configuration property value will be used.

Type: System.String
Parameter Sets: Elements
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Uri

Uri for the repository. The OwnerName and RepositoryName will be extracted from here instead of needing to provide them individually.

Type: System.String
Parameter Sets: Uri
Aliases: RepositoryUrl

Required: True
Position: 2
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: True (ByPropertyName)
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Confirm

Prompts you for confirmation before running the cmdlet.

Type: System.Management.Automation.SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases: cf

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-WhatIf

Shows what would happen if the cmdlet runs. The cmdlet is not run.

Type: System.Management.Automation.SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases: wi

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

CommonParameters

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.

INPUTS

GitHub.Branch

GitHub.Content

GitHub.Event

GitHub.Issue

GitHub.IssueComment

GitHub.Label

GitHub.Milestone

GitHub.PullRequest

GitHub.Project

GitHub.ProjectCard

GitHub.ProjectColumn

GitHub.Release

GitHub.Repository

OUTPUTS

None

NOTES

RELATED LINKS

PowerShellForGitHub

Docs

PowerShellForGitHub

Functions

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