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From: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
Subject: Re: [Q] Changing the current branch (HEAD) in a bare repository -
 how?
Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2008 16:47:04 +0100 (BST)
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Hi,

On Fri, 6 Jun 2008, Brian Foster wrote:

>  Using git 1.5.2.5 (Kubuntu 7.10) and a bare repository,
>  I started with (the commands and output below are typed
>  in by hand, mostly from memory):
> 
>     $ git branch -a
>     * master
>       foo
>     $
> 
>  and then changed the branch names:
> 
>     $ git branch -m master old-master
>     $ git branch -m foo master
> 
>  and got this:
> 
>     $ git branch -a
>       master
>     * old-master
>     $
> 
>  Now, how do I change the current branch to the (new)
>  `master'?

vi HEAD

Ciao,
Dscho