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Renaming a Git Branch
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Steps for renaming a git branch

  1. Rename the local branch
    If on local branch: git branch -m new name
    If on a different branch: git branch -m old name new name

  2. Delete the old-name remote branch and push the new-name local branch
    git push origin : old name new name

  3. Reset the upstream branch for the new-name local branch
    Switch to the branch then:
    git push origin -u new name

Thanks to https://multiplestates.wordpress.com/2015/02/05/rename-a-local-and-remote-branch-in-git/

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