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Branch and Remote Git Commands

Written on April 17, 2025

Rename a local branch.

git branch -m oldname newname

Pull down a remote branch named bugfix and automatically switch to that branch.

git checkout bugfix

Push local branch named bugfix to remote named origin.

git push origin bugfix

Remove local references to remote branches that have been deleted.

git remote prune origin

Change the URL associated with the remote repository named origin.

git remote set-url origin https://github.com/wigging/macdevs.git

Merge the develop branch into main branch and squash the commits to a single commit.

git checkout main
git merge --squash develop
git commit -m 'The single commit message'

Show files that were added, modified, or deleted for most recent commit.

git show --name-status