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Renaming branches in Git.
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References:

  • to_be_deleted BRANCH NAME TO BE DELETED
  • new_name NEW BRANCH NAME

SOMEONE

  1. Rename the branch locally git branch -m to_be_deleted new_name
  2. Push it to the remote git push origin new_name
  3. Delete the remote old git push origin :to_be_deleted
  4. Delete the local old git branch -D to_be_deleted

EVERYBODY

  1. Update all branches (this will trigger a 'your branch ref not found remotely') git pull
  2. Change to working name git checkout new_name
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