Answer: How do I rename a local Git branch?

answer re: How do I rename a local Git branch?

Jul 6 '11

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If you want to rename a branch while pointed to any branch, do:

git branch -m <oldname> <newname&gt

If you want to rename the current branch, you can do:

git branch -m <newname>

If you want to push the local branch and reset the upstream branch:

git push origin -u

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