How to delete master branch from git server

Today I needed to remove the master branch from a remote repository, but when I did it I got this message:

{{< highlight bash >}} git push origin :master remote: error: By default, deleting the current branch is denied, because the next remote: error: git clone wont result in any file checked out, causing confusion. remote: error: remote: error: You can set receive.denyDeleteCurrent configuration variable to remote: error: warn or ignore in the remote repository to allow deleting the remote: error: current branch, with or without a warning message. remote: error: remote: error: To squelch this message, you can set it to refuse. remote: error: refusing to delete the current branch: refs/heads/master To ssh://server_name/git/repository.git ! [remote rejected] master (deletion of the current branch prohibited) error: failed to push some refs to ssh://server_name/git/repository.git {{< / highlight >}}

By default the git server does not allow to delete the current branch (usually is the master branch) , but you can change this behavior by doing the following steps:

{{< highlight bash >}} ssh git_server_ip -l root sudo -u git_user git config --system receive.denyDeleteCurrent warn sudo -u git_user git config --global receive.denyDeleteCurrent warn {{< / highlight >}}

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