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#Git branch rename code#
#Git branch rename free#

However, CLI command allows you to use git command in server environment where you do not have the User Interface.

#Git branch rename free#

So feel free to have your own preferred ways of doing stuff. It's just like everyone have their own preference. Well, it's really depend on your preference. This repository is our up-to-date guidance on how and when to rename your default branch. Were committed to making the renaming process as seamless as possible for project maintainers and all of their contributors. Right click, type something, tick the checkbox and click the button. GitHub is gradually renaming the default branch of our own repositories from master to main.Lastly, you might think do I need to really know this complicated command stuff? Why not just use the Git client. Otherwise, it would still tracking the old_branch as remote upstream. It basically allow you to reset your new branch upstream tracking.

Something worth mention here is the 2nd command -u options. # 2.) Push latest renamed local branch to remote and reset upstream Now, you shall realized rename a remote branch is similar to create a new branch with new name, after that delete the old branch. Push the latest renamed local branch to remote.Then you need more steps to rename the local & remote branch

#Git branch rename code#

If you already push your branch to the remote, which means your code repository in the cloud. Git branch -m feature/payment feature/deposit Rename Remote Branch

Rename a local branch was easier and it can simply just done using a single command.įor e.g, you would like to a local branch named feature/payment to feature/deposit. git branch -D Force delete the specified branch, even if it has unmerged changes.

Rename Branch Under the Hoodįor this section we would separate it two parts. If you interested in what is the action under the hood for the branch rename, then this post might be helpful to you. Is it as easier as what the UI flow showed us or what we saw was just the abstract of the complex work? However, I am wondering how the branch rename work under the hood.

Push the new branch to create a new remote branch: git push origin 3. Rename the current branch: git branch -m 2.

Just tick the checkbox and it helped you change your local branch name and remote branch name. When the branch you want to rename is your current branch, you dont need to specify the existing branch name.The above screenshot is the Git client - Fork which I used daily basis for commit code, writing my commit message, and etc.