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

Here is what worked for me:

1. Create the new branch first:

   git push github newname :refs/heads/newname
   

2. On the GitHub site, go to settings and change the Default branch to newname

3. Delete the oldname

   git push github --delete oldname