diff --git a/lib/release/commander.rb b/lib/release/commander.rb
index 2c4f888..34b8ef2 100644
--- a/lib/release/commander.rb
+++ b/lib/release/commander.rb
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ module Release
       :init,
       :major,
       :minor,
-      :patch
+      :patch,
+      :trash
     ].sort
 
     DEFAULT = :help
diff --git a/lib/release/trash.rb b/lib/release/trash.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a3e8941
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/release/trash.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+require_relative './base'
+
+module Release
+
+  class Trash < Release::Base
+    def valid?
+      argv.size == 2
+    end
+
+    def help
+      "release trash local-branch-confirmation"
+    end
+
+    def execute
+      if argv.size == 2
+        confirmation_branch = argv[1]
+      else
+        confirmation_branch = ''
+      end
+
+      release_branch  = current_branch
+
+      error "missing confirmation of branch: #{release_branch}" if confirmation_branch == ''
+      error "confirmation branch does not match current branch: #{confirmation_branch} vs #{release_branch}" if release_branch != confirmation_branch
+      error "invalid release branch: #{release_branch}" unless current_branch =~ /\d+\.\d+\.\d+/
+
+      git_checkout 'master'
+
+      git_local_branch_trash release_branch
+
+      if remote_branch(release_branch) != ""
+        git_remote_branch_delete release_branch
+      end
+
+      git_prune
+    end
+  end
+
+end