#!/usr/bin/env bash set -e # Assert there is at least one branch provided test -z "$1" && echo "new branch name required." 1>&2 && exit 1 if [ -z "$2" ]; then new_branch="$1" old_branch="$(git symbolic-ref --short -q HEAD)" else new_branch="$2" old_branch="$1" fi remote=$(git config branch."$old_branch".remote; true) git branch -m "$old_branch" "$new_branch" # check if the branch is tracking a remote branch if [[ -n "$remote" && "$remote" != "." ]] then git push "$remote" :"$old_branch" git push --set-upstream "$remote" "$new_branch" fi