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		zahlman 10 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Oh Shit, Git? > 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?

lilyball 10 months ago [–]

"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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