John Keeping <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Fri, May 23, 2014 at 02:11:55PM +0400, Sergei Organov wrote: >> Hello, >> >> After convertion of a project from CVS to git, I'd like to rename some >> references in the created git repository (before it's published, so no >> problems here). Is there a plumbing that would do: >> >> git rename-ref <old_name> <new_name> >> >> for me? > > I think the best you can get is two invocations of `git update-ref`: > > git update-ref <new_name> <old_name> && > git update-ref -d <old_name> > > Although if you're scripting it the `--stdin` mode may be easier: > > git update-ref --stdin <<-\EOF > create <new_name> <old_name> > delete <old_name> > EOF > > Note that "<new_name>" must be a fully-qualified ref (that is, it must > start with "refs/", so "refs/heads/new_name" for a branch or > "refs/tags/new_name" for a tag). Shouldn't <old_name> also be a full ref? -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html