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Reputation: 7

How can I rename a remote master with Git without server access?

Have a git repo with just the original master branch. What to create something like e.g. http://nvie.com/posts/a-successful-git-branching-model

Anyhow the current master has been used as develop branch. So would like to rename the remote master to develop but get the following error each time.

I am currently doing the follwing:

git branch -m master develop

and get

remote: error: By default, deleting the current branch is denied, because the next
remote: 'git clone' won't result in any file checked out, causing confusion.
remote:
remote: You can set 'receive.denyDeleteCurrent' configuration variable to
remote: 'warn' or 'ignore' in the remote repository to allow deleting the
remote: current branch, with or without a warning message.
remote:
remote: To squelch this message, you can set it to 'refuse'.
remote: error: refusing to delete the current branch: refs/heads/master
To C:/somewhere
 ! [remote rejected] master (deletion of the current branch prohibited)

I do not have appropriate access to ssh in to the server and change 'receive.denyDeleteCurrent' as indicated and described here e.g. http://dcsg.me/tutorials/how-to-allow-remove-master-branch-from-git/

What option do I have from my local cloned repo side?

EDIT Need to retain all commit history.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 74

Answers (1)

zeal
zeal

Reputation: 740

Create a new branch first, switch it it, then delete the old branch.

git checkout -b [name_of_your_new_branch] -- create

git checkout [name_of_your_new_branch] --switch

git push origin [name_of_your_new_branch] --push to server

Now you should be able to delete your branch.

Granted, you are trying to delete what seems like master which is a bad idea. You most likely just want to do the above with the branch name develop, and not delete master.

You will always have multiple branches.

Upvotes: 1

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