Rename master branch for both local and remote Git repositories

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I have the branch master which tracks the remote branch origin/master.

I want to rename them to master-old both locally and on the remote. Is this possible?

For other users who tracked origin/master (and who always updated their local master branch via git pull), what would happen after I renamed the remote branch?
Would their git pull still work or would it throw an error that it couldn't find origin/master anymore?

Then, further on, I want to create a new master branch (both locally and remote). Again, after I did this, what would happen now if the other users do git pull?

I guess all this would result in a lot of trouble. Is there a clean way to get what I want? Or should I just leave master as it is and create a new branch master-new and just work there further on?

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16 Answers

Log in at the server, go to the Git directory and rename the branch in the bare repository.

This does not have all the problems associated with reuploading the same branch. Actually, the 'clients' will automatically recognize the modified name and change their remote reference.

Afterwards (or before) you can also modify the local name of the branch.

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Go to github.com or wherever it is, click branch, and rename it. Then run these locally:

git branch -m <old-branch-name> <new-branch-name>
git fetch origin
git branch -u origin/<new-branch-name> <new-branch-name>
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