Git – How to Rename Branch to Remove Capitalization

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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?

Best Answer

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.

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In addition to the other comments, you may find the -m (move) switch to git-branch helpful. You could rename your old master to something else, then rename your new branch to master:

git branch -m master crap_work
git branch -m previous_master master

Git – How to Rename a Local Git Branch

To rename the current branch:

git branch -m <newname>

To rename a branch while pointed to any branch:

git branch -m <oldname> <newname>

-m is short for --move.

To push the local branch and reset the upstream branch:

git push origin -u <newname>

To delete the remote branch:

git push origin --delete <oldname>

To create a git rename alias:

git config --global alias.rename 'branch -m'

On Windows or another case-insensitive filesystem, use -M if there are only capitalization changes in the name. Otherwise, Git will throw a "branch already exists" error.

git branch -M <newname>

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