Is it safe to rename remotes in git?
git, git-remote
Solution
I believe it is safe, yes, unless you have scripts referencing the remote by name for instance (in which case these will still use the old remote name).
The command is:
git remote rename <old> <new>
So if you have something tracked from `foo`, then rename `foo` to `bar`, it will now be tracked from `bar`. To check, use:
git remote -v show
git branch -a -v
before and after.
Problem
I have 2 remotes - origin and remote2 one and I want to rename remote2 to origin and origin to source. Is it safe to do so? If yes, how do I do it? Edit: By safe I mean that if some branch is tracked from "origin", will it continue to be track from "source" after rename. Also I wish I new what else could go wrong :)