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🎯 How to rename a Git branch

Rename your local branch.

If you are on the branch you want to rename:

git branch -m new-name

If you are on a different branch:

git branch -m old-name new-name

Delete the old-name remote branch and push the new-name local branch.

git push origin :old-name new-name

Reset the upstream branch for the new-name local branch.

Switch to the branch and then:

git push origin -u new-name

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