How to renaming an existing branch in Git

In this tutorial, you will learn how you can rename an existing git branch in your local system.

First, checkout to the branch you want to rename

git checkout branch-to-rename

To rename the git branch, run the following command

git branch -m new-branch

-m is an alias for --move

To push the newly renamed branch to remote

git push origin -u new-branch

Finally, to delete your old branch from the remote

git push origin --delete branch-to-rename

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