Git Snippets

Summary

In this post, I will introduce some useful snippets related to Git. I will update this post from time to time.

Details

Rename Local Branches

Say you want to rename the branch old-name to new-name locally.

git checkout old-name
git branch -m new-name
# -m: move/rename a branch and its reflog

Rename Local & Remote Branches

Say you want to rename the branch old-name to new-name locally, then push it to remote and delete the original remote brach.

git checkout old-name
git branch -m new-name
git push origin :old-name
# <+><source>:<destination>  
# git push origin :old-name means make origin old-name empty
git push --set-upstream origin new-name