Re: [Q] Changing the current branch (HEAD) in a bare repository - how?

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Jun 6, 2008, 15:47 UTC
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.1.00.0806061646280.1783@racer>
In-Reply-To: <a537dd660806060843p4e92932x4e0f5464c5fd1da1@mail.gmail.com>

Hi,

On Fri, 6 Jun 2008, Brian Foster wrote:

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>  Using git 1.5.2.5 (Kubuntu 7.10) and a bare repository,
>  I started with (the commands and output below are typed
>  in by hand, mostly from memory):
> 
>     $ git branch -a
>     * master
>       foo
>     $
> 
>  and then changed the branch names:
> 
>     $ git branch -m master old-master
>     $ git branch -m foo master
> 
>  and got this:
> 
>     $ git branch -a
>       master
>     * old-master
>     $
> 
>  Now, how do I change the current branch to the (new)
>  `master'?

vi HEAD

Ciao, Dscho