-p or --prune will "remove any remote-tracking branches which no longer exist 
on the remote" [1]

This just helps to keep your clone in sync with the remote.

[1]: http://git-scm.com/docs/git-fetch

--Dasa

On Mar 18, 2013, at 5:09 PM, Justin Mclean <[email protected]>
 wrote:

> Hi,
> 
>> git fetch - prune
> 
> Why the -prune option? And what if any are the issues if you don't do this?
> 
> Justin
> 

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