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How do I rename the local Git branch?

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Created Oct 5, 2020 Edited Oct 5, 2020

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I don't want to rename a remote branch, as described in Rename master branch for both local and remote Git repositories.

How can I rename a local branch which hasn't been pushed to a remote branch?

In case you need to rename remote branch as well: How do I rename both a Git local and remote branch name

rename git-branch git

1 Answers

git checkout <old_branch>

git branch -m <new_branch>

git push origin -u <new_branch>

edited Oct 5, 2020

user_35459800

answered Oct 5, 2020

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