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Add a note about renaming branches
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@ -47,3 +47,21 @@ From Git version 2.23 onwards you can use `git switch` instead of `git checkout`
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- Switch to an existing branch: `git switch testing-branch`.
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- Switch to an existing branch: `git switch testing-branch`.
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- Create a new branch and switch to it: `git switch -c new-branch`. The `-c` flag stands for create, you can also use the full flag: `--create`.
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- Create a new branch and switch to it: `git switch -c new-branch`. The `-c` flag stands for create, you can also use the full flag: `--create`.
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- Return to your previously checked out branch: `git switch -`.
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- Return to your previously checked out branch: `git switch -`.
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- Renaming branches
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Suppose you have a branch that is called `bad-branch-name` and you want to change it to `corrected-branch-name`, while keeping all history. You also want to change the branch name on the remote (GitHub, GitLab, other server). How do you do this? Rename the branch locally with the `git branch --move` command:
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```
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git branch --move bad-branch-name corrected-branch-name
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```
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This replaces your `bad-branch-name` with `corrected-branch-name`, but this change is only local for now. To let others see the corrected branch on the remote, push it:
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git push --set-upstream origin corrected-branch-name
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```
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To delete the old branch name:
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git push origin --delete bad-branch-name
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```
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