HOW TO RENAME LOCAL AND REMOTE GIT BRANCH

When you want rename local and remote Git branches you can do very easily using the git branch -m command on you terminal.

This quick tutorial explains how to rename local and remote Git branches. You only need to push the renamed local branch and delete the branch with the old name.

RENAMING GIT BRANCH

First step is a switching to the local branch wchich you want to rename, type in the terminal:

git checkout <old-branch-name>

Next step is a rename the local branch, type in the terminal:

git branch -m <new-branch-name>

Push the local <new-branch-name> to the remote repository and reset the upstream branch by typing in the terminal:

git push origin -u <new-branch-name>

When the new branch is on remote repository, go to Settings in Github or Azure repository and change default branch to main then confirm the changes.

Finnaly you can delete the remote <old-branch-name> by typing in the termianl:

git push origin --delete <old-branch-name>

You have saccessfully renamed the local and remnote Git branch.