git delete-branch deleted wrong branch

$ git delete-branch test
Deleted branch test (was e76dbe9).
error: remote-tracking branch './test' not found.
To .
 - [deleted]         work

As you can see above, I wanted to delete my test branch which I created with:

git checkout --track -b test

After running that command I went back to master branch and did the git delete-branch test as above. I Believe that because I did not create a remote it must have confused it somehow.

Luckily, I was able to retrieve my stuff back from my work branch though, so that is good at least.

I realize now that what I was doing doesn't really make any sense, but I still feel like it probably shouldn't and gone to delete a completely different branch

Reproduce the reported sequence with git checkout --track -b test, then git delete-branch test, and inspect the git delete-branch entry point. Confirm which branch is removed when the requested branch has no remote, and consider the work complete when deleting a local-only branch cannot remove a different branch; add or run the relevant command-level checks if the project provides them.