Renaming a branch in GitHub

Question

I just renamed my local branch using

git branch -m oldname newname

but this only renames the local version of the branch. How can I rename

Answer 1

You can do that without the terminal. You just need to create a branch with the new name, and remove the old after.

Create a branch

In your repository’s branch selector, just start typing a new branch name. It’ll give you the option to create a new branch:

It’ll branch off of your current context. For example, if you’re on the bugfix branch, it’ll create a new branch from bugfix instead of master. Looking at a commit or a tag instead? It’ll branch your code from that specific revision.

Delete a branch

You’ll also see a delete button in your repository’s Branches page:

As an added bonus, it’ll also give you a link to the branch’s Pull Request, if it has one.

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