rename git branch locally and remotely

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git branch -m old_branch new_branch         # Rename branch locally    
git push origin :old_branch                 # Delete the old branch    
git push --set-upstream origin new_branch   # Push the new branch, set local branch to track the new remote

how to rename a git branch

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I have a better alias, that only requires you to specify the new branch name you want.

[alias]
  rename = "!moveit() { git push origin --delete `git branch --show-current` || true; git branch -m $1; git push --set-upstream origin $1; }; moveit"

It tries to delete your current branch remotely first, but continues on if this fails. Then renames it locally, and then pushes the newly named branch.

It may be problematic if you have stuff on your remote branch that you don't have locally, but, that's extremely unlikely, although you may need to dig into git reflog to find them in that edge case. If you want to preserve your old/current remote branch name, don't use this.

Usage - renames your current branch:

git rename new_branch_name

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PowerShell function/module for this https://gist.github.com/30b513e40ada3e171e99e57d25c45f1c

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