handle delete remote ref that does not exist err

src/env/node/git/git.ts

@@ -1052,9 +1052,13 @@ export class Git {
 						/! \[rejected\].*\(remote ref updated since checkout\)/m.test(ex.stderr || '')
 					) {
 						reason = PushErrorReason.PushRejectedWithLeaseIfIncludes;
+					} else if (/error: unable to delete '(.*?)': remote ref does not exist/m.test(ex.stderr || '')) {
+						reason = PushErrorReason.PushRejectedRefNotExists;
 					} else {
 						reason = PushErrorReason.PushRejected;
 					}
+				} else if (/error: unable to delete '(.*?)': remote ref does not exist/m.test(ex.stderr || '')) {
+					reason = PushErrorReason.PushRejectedRefNotExists;
 				} else {
 					reason = PushErrorReason.PushRejected;
 				}
@@ -1066,7 +1070,12 @@ export class Git {
 				reason = PushErrorReason.NoUpstream;
 			}
 
-			throw new PushError(reason, ex, options?.branch, options?.remote);
+			throw new PushError(
+				reason,
+				ex,
+				options?.branch || options?.delete?.branch,
+				options?.remote || options?.delete?.remote,
+			);
 		}
 	}
 

src/git/errors.ts

@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ export const enum PushErrorReason {
 	PushRejected,
 	PushRejectedWithLease,
 	PushRejectedWithLeaseIfIncludes,
+	PushRejectedRefNotExists,
 	PermissionDenied,
 	RemoteConnection,
 	NoUpstream,
@@ -197,6 +198,11 @@ export class PushError extends Error {
 						remote ? ` to ${remote}` : ''
 					} because some refs failed to push or the push was rejected. The tip of the remote-tracking branch has been updated since the last checkout. Try pulling first.`;
 					break;
+				case PushErrorReason.PushRejectedRefNotExists:
+					message = `Unable to delete branch${branch ? ` '${branch}'` : ''}${
+						remote ? ` on ${remote}` : ''
+					}, the remote reference does not exist`;
+					break;
 				case PushErrorReason.PermissionDenied:
 					message = `${baseMessage} because you don't have permission to push to this remote repository.`;
 					break;