How to rename a local Git branch from inside IntelliJ IDEA?

Question

There are plenty of things you can do with Git plugin for IntelliJ IDEA, but I haven't found a way to rename a branch. Is there one?

I know I can always bring up a terminal and do git branch -m source target, but I expected to find a GUI solution as well.

Answer 1

VCS > Git > Branches...

1. Click on the right arrow of your project (look at Repositories).

2. The sub-window with branches will appear. Click on the right arrow of the branch you want to rename.

3. Rename.

If you want to rename a branch you currently on. You have to checkout to another branch and then to find your branch in a way described above and rename it.

Answer 2

There are a couple of pending issues with this feature:

• IDEA-89927: Renaming branches is not captured by IDEA
• IDEA-131021: Add "Rename branch" action

The latter is not yet implemented.
The former does show the only way (mentioned by the OP) currently available:

Go to the command line and execute git branch -m <old_name> <new_name>

But even that has refresh issue on IDEA.

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Update January 2017: IDEA-131021 might have been implemented, as illustrated by Pavlo Zvarych's answer. It is consistent with the proposal:

introduce menu item in Git | Branches popup for current branch and place the actions related to the current branch in its second-level submenu.