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

From: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
Date: Mar 22, 2017, 23:54 UTC
Message-ID: <CACBZZX47euh-K8-DUjDKr6i=g8MzmivOzA5fFTyPQjZhkzM2uA@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20170322225800.3h2mnnmmj2hbo36c@sigill.intra.peff.net>

On Wed, Mar 22, 2017 at 11:58 PM, Jeff King <peff@peff.net> wrote:

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> On Wed, Mar 22, 2017 at 11:46:14PM +0100, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote:
>
>> 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.

-m can only rename "foo" -> "bar", but I'd like to end up with a new "bar" with the same config as "foo"