git branch/tag popup shows deleted branches
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Description
### Apache NetBeans version
Apache NetBeans 23
### What happened
Netbeans offers some kind of quick switch to branch popup entries. This list shows deleted branches as well. The **switch to branch** dialog shows the correct list of available branches. So those branch popups are cached somehow but not refreshed.
How can I manually refresh this list?
Or is this even a bug, showing those deleted branches?
### Language / Project Type / NetBeans Component
maven multi module project using git
### How to reproduce
create a branch "test"
switch to it
make some changes
commit changes
switch back to master (now there should be a popup entry under Git/Branch Tag/**switch to branch test**)
delete branch "test"
the popup entry Git/Branch Tag/**switch to branch test** is still there
### Did this work correctly in an earlier version?
No / Don't know
### Operating System
windows 11
### JDK
21.0.4; OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM 21.0.4+7-LTS (IDE)
### Apache NetBeans packaging
Apache NetBeans provided installer
### Anything else
_No response_
### Are you willing to submit a pull request?
No
Contributor guide
Research direction
Reproduce the issue in Apache NetBeans 23 using the Git/Branch Tag/switch to branch steps described, then trace how that popup obtains and refreshes branch entries. Done means deleting a branch removes it from the popup without leaving a stale switch-to-branch entry.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- git, java
- Domain
- developer-experience
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 38/100