Git Rename Branch

To rename a git branch, for example when one branch is too far behind and you quickly add a new one, you can rename your branch locally, remove it on remote and then upload the renamed branch as a new one. You can do that using this code

git branch -m old_branch new_branch # Rename branch locally
git push origin :old_branch # Delete the old branch
git push --set-upstream origin new_branch # Push the new branch, set local branch to track the new remote

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The command with --

git checkout k8 --

may be needed to switch to new branch locally due to error

fatal: 'k8' could be both a local file and a tracking branch.
Please use -- (and optionally --no-guess) to disambiguate

This happened when we recreated the same branch and tried to use it locally.