Renaming branches remotely in Git

Question

If there is a repository that I only have git:// access to (and would usually just push+pull), is there a way to rename branches in that repository in the same

Answer 1

I don't know why but @Sylvain Defresne's answer does not work for me.

git branch new-branch-name origin/old-branch-name
git push origin --set-upstream new-branch-name
git push origin :old-branch-name

I have to unset the upstream and then I can set the stream again. The following is how I did it.

git checkout -b new-branch-name
git branch --unset-upstream
git push origin new-branch-name -u
git branch origin :old-branch-name