Rename a branch
Arguments
- branch
Branch to rename
- name
The new name for the branch
- force
Overwrite existing branch. Default is FALSE
Examples
if (FALSE) {
## Initialize a temporary repository
path <- tempfile(pattern="git2r-")
dir.create(path)
repo <- init(path)
## Config user and commit a file
config(repo, user.name = "Alice", user.email = "[email protected]")
lines <- "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do"
writeLines(lines, file.path(path, "example.txt"))
add(repo, "example.txt")
commit(repo, "First commit message")
## Rename 'master' branch to 'dev'
branches(repo)
branch_rename(repository_head(repo), "dev")
branches(repo)
}