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Rename master branch on GitHub

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	git branch -m master newname
	git push origin newname
	# Change "Default Branch" in settings/options in GitHub
	git push origin :master

Comevius commented Jun 22, 2020

Without git push -u / --set-upstream your local newname branch would keep tracking origin/master, which you
end up deleting.

# Rename master branch to newname
git branch -m master newname
# Push newname branch to origin and track origin/newname instead of origin/master
git push -u origin newname
# Change "Default branch" in Settings / Branches in Github
# Delete origin/master
git push origin :master

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