How to rename local and remote git branches
If you are developing a software project along with many other team members and use a git repository, you will most likely be using branches. This tutorial shows you how to rename your local and remote git branches.
You have an existing feature branch that you pushed to remote
Let's assume the name of your branch is feature. Your steps to check in your code would be something like this:
git checkout feature git add . git commit -am 'Added xyz' git push -u origin feature
Your local branch feature is now pushed to remote branch.
Let us rename the remote branch
You get a request to rename the branch to assortment.
If you hadn't pushed the branch to remote, this would have been the solution:
git branch -m assortment
However, since the branch has been pushed to remote, we need to do a few extra steps.
Rename the local branch
git checkout feature git branch -m assortment
Push the newly named local branch assortment and reset the upstream
git push -u origin assortment
If the above command doesn't work, you can edit the file .git/config and replace the remote upstream name feature with the local branch name assortment.
Delete the old name remote branch feature
git push origin --delete feature
This would effectively rename the remote branch to the new name.
Verify the branch
You can verify all branches with:
git branch -a
and you should be able to see the local and remote assortment branches.
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