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edited Mar 23 '19 at 11:10

Peter Mortensen

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Here are the steps to rename the branch:

1. switch to branch which needs to be renamed
2. git branch -m <new_name>
3. git push origin :<old_name>
4. git push origin <new_name>:refs/heads/<new_name>

Switch to the branch which needs to be renamed

git branch -m <new_name>

git push origin :<old_name>

git push origin <new_name>:refs/heads/<new_name>

EDIT (12/01/2017) : Make sure you run command git status and check that the newly created branch is pointing to its own ref and not the older one. If you find the reference to the older branch, you need to unset the upstream using:

git branch --unset-upstream

Here are the steps to rename the branch:

1. switch to branch which needs to be renamed
2. git branch -m <new_name>
3. git push origin :<old_name>
4. git push origin <new_name>:refs/heads/<new_name>

EDIT(12/01/2017) : Make sure you run command git status and check that newly created branch is pointing to its own ref and not older one. If you find the reference to older branch, you need to unset the upstream using:

git branch --unset-upstream

Here are the steps to rename the branch:

Switch to the branch which needs to be renamed

git branch -m <new_name>

git push origin :<old_name>

git push origin <new_name>:refs/heads/<new_name>

EDIT (12/01/2017): Make sure you run command git status and check that the newly created branch is pointing to its own ref and not the older one. If you find the reference to the older branch, you need to unset the upstream using:

git branch --unset-upstream

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edited Jan 12 '17 at 9:28

Milind Anantwar

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Here are the steps to rename the branch:

1. switch to branch which needs to be renamed
2. git branch -m <new_name>
3. git push origin :<old_name>
4. git push origin <new_name>:refs/heads/<new_name>

EDIT(12/01/2017) : Make sure you run command git status and check that newly created branch is pointing to its own ref and not older one. If you find the reference to older branch, you need to unset the upstream using:

git branch --unset-upstream

Here are the steps to rename the branch:

1. switch to branch which needs to be renamed
2. git branch -m <new_name>
3. git push origin :<old_name>
4. git push origin <new_name>:refs/heads/<new_name>

Here are the steps to rename the branch:

1. switch to branch which needs to be renamed
2. git branch -m <new_name>
3. git push origin :<old_name>
4. git push origin <new_name>:refs/heads/<new_name>

EDIT(12/01/2017) : Make sure you run command git status and check that newly created branch is pointing to its own ref and not older one. If you find the reference to older branch, you need to unset the upstream using:

git branch --unset-upstream

You're renaming the branch, not the repository.

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edited Jun 2 '15 at 9:00

nickgrim

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Here are the steps to rename the repositorybranch:

1. switch to branch which needs to be renamed
2. git branch -m <new_name>
3. git push origin :<old_name>
4. git push origin <new_name>:refs/heads/<new_name>

Here are the steps to rename the repository:

1. switch to branch which needs to be renamed
2. git branch -m <new_name>
3. git push origin :<old_name>
4. git push origin <new_name>:refs/heads/<new_name>

Here are the steps to rename the branch:

1. switch to branch which needs to be renamed
2. git branch -m <new_name>
3. git push origin :<old_name>
4. git push origin <new_name>:refs/heads/<new_name>

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created Apr 15 '15 at 12:50

Milind Anantwar

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