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Nate
Nate

Reputation: 28384

How to rename branch to remove capitalization?

I named a branch Name instead of name and would like to change it to the latter.

I tried renaming the branch locally:

git branch -m tmp

Deleting the branch on github:

git push origin --delete Name

Renaming the temp branch:

git branch -m name

Pushing the branch to github:

 git push origin name

But when I push the branch to github, I get this output:

Total 0 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0)
To https://github.com/xx/xx.git
 * [new branch]      name -> Name

Why did github rename the branch when I pushed it? How can I rename my branch from Name to name?

Upvotes: 11

Views: 6784

Answers (2)

Ali Zedan
Ali Zedan

Reputation: 283

First, from the branch you want to rename you do the following:

git branch -m name

Then we need to delete the old name branch from the remote and push the new branch name from the local to the remote branch.

git push origin :Name name

Last you need to switch to the branch and then:

git push origin -u name

Referance: https://multiplestates.wordpress.com/2015/02/05/rename-a-local-and-remote-branch-in-git/

Upvotes: 0

knittl
knittl

Reputation: 265241

Use git push origin old_name:new_name to define how the branch will be called on the server. You probably have the remote branch name in your .git/config file which was not updated.

Upvotes: 7

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