git push branch to a new repo with a different name

Question

How can I push a branch to a different repo with a new name for the branch.

For instance I have a branch feature1 on repo abc and I'd like to push to repo xyz and make it the master branch.

I tried using Renaming remote git branch but then after doing a git clone on the new repo I got the error message

git Warning: remote HEAD refers to nonexistent ref, unable to checkout

Is there a way to specify in the push what I want the destination branch name to be?

13ren · Accepted Answer · 2013-10-01 00:43:32Z

I think this should work:

git push xyz feature1:master

If master already exists, you can clobber it with -f/--force, or +:

git push -f xyz feature1:master git push xyz +feature1:master

From the man page (in the examples section at the end):

 git push origin +dev:master Update the origin repository’s master branch with the dev branch, allowing non-fast-forward updates. [...]

That works great, although if the branch doesnt exist it requires using /refs/heads/master eg. git push xyz feature1:refs/heads/master

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