X-Git-Url: https://git.uis.cam.ac.uk/x/uis/git/git.git/blobdiff_plain/58949bb18a1610d109e64e997c41696e0dfe97c3..1fbb58b4153e90eda08c2b022ee32d90729582e6:/git-gui/lib/branch_delete.tcl

diff --git a/git-gui/lib/branch_delete.tcl b/git-gui/lib/branch_delete.tcl
index 86c4f73370..ef1930b491 100644
--- a/git-gui/lib/branch_delete.tcl
+++ b/git-gui/lib/branch_delete.tcl
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ method _delete {} {
 	foreach i $to_delete {
 		set b [lindex $i 0]
 		set o [lindex $i 1]
-		if {[catch {git update-ref -d "refs/heads/$b" $o} err]} {
+		if {[catch {git branch -D $b} err]} {
 			append failed " - $b: $err\n"
 		}
 	}