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Re:Oh Shit, Git? by zahlman on Thursday January 16, 2025 @10:11PM (#42733696)
> The "move a branch" command is `git push .`. Yes, you can push to the current repo.

Wouldn't that copy a branch rather than moving it?

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Re:Oh Shit, Git? by lilyball on Sunday January 19, 2025 @10:25PM (#42764674)
"move a branch" means changing the commit the branch points to. `git push . $sha:$branch` will update $branch to point to $sha (you'll probably want to force this, unless you're just fast-forwarding the branch).
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