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

This article shows how to do it real easy.

1. To rename a local Git branch, we can use the Git branch -m command to modify the name:

    git branch -m feature1 feature2
   

2. If you’re just looking for the command to rename a remote Git branch, this is it:

    git push -u origin feature2:feature3
   

   Check that you have no tags on the branch before you do this. You can do that with git tag.

Answer 2

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
   

Answer 3

The following commands worked for me:

git push origin :old-name-of-branch-on-github
git branch -m old-name-of-branch-on-github new-name-for-branch-you-want
git push origin new-name-for-branch-you-want