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copied!<p>The closest thing to renaming is deleting and then re-creating on the remote. For example:</p> <pre class="lang-bash prettyprint-override"><code>git branch -m master master-old git push remote :master # delete master git push remote master-old # create master-old on remote git checkout -b master some-ref # create a new local master git push remote master # create master on remote </code></pre> <p>However this has a lot of caveats. First, no existing checkouts will know about the rename - git does <em>not</em> attempt to track branch renames. If the new <code>master</code> doesn't exist yet, git pull will error out. If the new <code>master</code> has been created. the pull will attempt to merge <code>master</code> and <code>master-old</code>. So it's generally a bad idea unless you have the cooperation of everyone who has checked out the repository previously.</p> <p>Note: Newer versions of git will not allow you to delete the master branch remotely by default. You can override this by setting the <code>receive.denyDeleteCurrent</code> configuration value to <code>warn</code> or <code>ignore</code> on the <em>remote</em> repository. Otherwise, if you're ready to create a new master right away, skip the <code>git push remote :master</code> step, and pass <code>--force</code> to the <code>git push remote master</code> step. Note that if you're not able to change the remote's configuration, you won't be able to completely delete the master branch!</p> <p>This caveat only applies to the current branch (usually the <code>master</code> branch); any other branch can be deleted and recreated as above.</p>

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