How to Change a GIT Local Branch Name
There are 2 ways to do it. You need to use "-m" flag of git to do it. lets do it now.
Be in the branch you want to rename
We can use the git checkout
command to switch to another branch.
git checkout branch-name
Change:
git branch -m new-branch-name
In this example, I want to change my branch name from old-branch
to new-branch
.
git branch -m new-branch
You can use git branch
to see your new branch name.
Be in the master/main branch way:
run git checkout master
to checkout to master branch.
You can use this syntax to rename the old branch to something new.
git branch -m old-branch-name new-branch-name
This is what it would look like to rename the old-branch
to new-branch
.
git branch -m old-branch new-branch
To see your new branch name, you can run git branch
which will list all of your branches.
Thanks
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