Re: [mdt-ocl.dev] EGit Guidelines

[Axel Uhl <eclipse@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sorry, I can tell you how I would rename a remote branch using the 
command line. I'm not aware of a way to do this in one command. But it's 
possible to push to a new remote branch with the new name and then 
delete the old branch. I guess this sequence should also be possible 
with eGit.

	git push origin localBranch:newRemoteBranch
	git push origin :oldRemoteBranch

Cheers,
-- Axel

On 8/4/2011 9:14 AM, Ed Willink wrote:
> Hi
> > > - OptionallyArchive Old topic Branch
> > > <http://wiki.eclipse.org/MDT/OCL/Dev/EGit#Archive_Old_Branch>to prune
> > > the EGit displays
> > >
> > > When renaming a local branch, will the branch be renamed in the
> > > Eclipse repository. Wouldn't be we probably have two branches
> > > (bug/xxxxx and archive/xxxxx) in the repository ? Have anybody tried
> > > that ?
> > I think it should work since rename is supported. If not Delete the
> > extra one.
> It doesn't work. Or at least the EGit rename of a remote tracking branch
> works within the remote tracking display, but there seems no way to push
> the rename upstream, so other downstreams don't fetch it and a fetch
> from upstream re-instates the original name leaving original and renamed
> remote tracking branches.
>
> A delete doesn't work either; it just temporarily removes the name from
> the remote tracking branches list.
>
> Any ideas how to rename/delete a branch upstream (preferably with EGit)?
>
> Regards
>
> Ed
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> mdt-ocl.dev mailing list
> mdt-ocl.dev@xxxxxxxxxxx
> https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/mdt-ocl.dev