overlane repo branch delete

Deletes a branch and closes the pull requests that were open from it. The default branch and protected branches cannot be deleted. Needs –force without a terminal.

Usage

overlane repo branch delete [repo] [name] [--approval ID] [--dry-run] [--force]

Arguments

Argument	Required	Description
`repo`	no	The repository name or ID (required)
`name`	no	The branch to delete (required)

Flags

Flag	Type	Required	Description
`--approval`	string	no	Run an action that an approval covers; get the ID from `overlane guard approvals list`
`--dry-run`	boolean	no	Print the requests and file changes this command would make, then stop. Needs no credentials.
`--force`	boolean	no	Confirm a destructive action when there is no terminal to ask on. Without it, exit 2.

Examples

overlane repo branch delete app feature/login --force

Behavior

Effect: destructive (deletes or reverts; needs --force without a terminal).
Needs credentials: yes. Uses the network: yes.
Supports --dry-run: yes. Accepts --force: yes.
Machine-readable description: overlane schema repo branch delete.

Result

With --json (the default when stdout is not a terminal) the command prints this JSON Schema’s shape on stdout.

{
  "anyOf": [
    {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "name": {
          "type": "string"
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "name"
      ],
      "additionalProperties": false
    },
    {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "dryRun": {
          "type": "boolean",
          "const": true
        },
        "service": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "requests": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
              "method": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "path": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "body": {},
              "note": {
                "type": "string"
              }
            },
            "required": [
              "method",
              "path"
            ],
            "additionalProperties": false
          }
        },
        "commands": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "string"
          }
        },
        "writes": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
              "path": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "action": {
                "type": "string",
                "enum": [
                  "write",
                  "append",
                  "delete"
                ]
              },
              "description": {
                "type": "string"
              }
            },
            "required": [
              "path",
              "action",
              "description"
            ],
            "additionalProperties": false
          }
        },
        "notes": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "string"
          }
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "dryRun",
        "requests",
        "commands",
        "writes",
        "notes"
      ],
      "additionalProperties": false
    }
  ]
}

See exit codes for the status the process returns.