How do I rename a local Git branch

Question

Hi Guys,

I have created a Git branch in my local system. Now I want to rename this branch. How can I do that?

Answer 1

Hi@akhtar,

You can rename your branch name. Sometimes it happens that we randomly create one branch and after that, we need to upload this branch for production. So can use the below command to do so.

$ git branch -m <oldname> <newname>