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Re: How do I copy a branch & its config to a new name?

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Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Mar 22, 2017, 22:58 UTC
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On Wed, Mar 22, 2017 at 11:46:14PM +0100, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote:
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> But both of these are really just a limited special case for what I'd
> really like, which is given branch "foo", copy it and all its
> configuration to a new name "bar". I.e. both of the hacks above only
> set up the correct tracking info, but none of the other branch.*
> variables I may have set.

I thought that's what "git branch -m" was for, though I don't know how thorough it is about finding config that refers _to_ your branch (I know it handles config _for_ your branch).

There might be room for improvement there.
-Peff
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