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Created December 19, 2020 12:57
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git move branch to orphaned branch
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If the orphaned branch is master and you want to move the main branch
(note that all branches must have corresponding remote branches to work properly)
git checkout master
then
git branch -M master main
then
git checkout master
then
git checkout main
then
git config remote.origin.push HEAD
then
git push --force
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