Daniel Avila #1256 Oct 22, 2026
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update-branch-name.md

Update Branch Name

Follow these steps to update the current branch name:

  1. Check differences between current branch and main branch HEAD using git diff main...HEAD
  2. Analyze the changed files to understand what work is being done
  3. Determine an appropriate descriptive branch name based on the changes
  4. Update the current branch name using git branch -m [new-branch-name]
  5. Verify the branch name was updated with git branch

Next step

More commands in git-workflow, in alphabetical order.