renamed branch is pushed to the old name

[kambala-decapitator]

To reproduce:

1. Checkout some branch. In my case I did it from a newly added remote.
2. Rename the branch locally
3. Open the push dialog - the To field shows the old branch name (before renaming)

[DanPristupov]

1. I can't reproduce the problem.

2. Check the operation output in the activity manager (Click on the Repository name on the toolbar). It must contain the details.

3. Rename the branch locally

Did you enable 'Also rename $upstream'?

[kambala-decapitator]

Did you enable 'Also rename $upstream'?

no, I don't have write access to upstream, so I didn't enable that.

from the activity manager:

$ git fetch --prune --tags --all --verbose
...
From https://github.com/integralpro/Official-Kodi-Remote-iOS
 * [new branch]        Catalan_translation → watch/Catalan_translation
 * [new branch]        Hebrew_translation  → watch/Hebrew_translation
 * [new branch]        master              → watch/master
 * [new branch]        watchapp            → watch/watchapp

$ git checkout --track -b watchapp watch/watchapp

branch 'watchapp' set up to track 'watch/watchapp'.

Switched to a new branch 'watchapp'

$ git branch -m watchapp watchapp-91

$ git push origin refs/heads/watchapp-91 --tags --verbose

Pushing to github.com:kambala-decapitator/Official-Kodi-Remote-iOS.git
Enumerating objects: 408, done.
Delta compression using up to 6 threads
Total 269 (delta 146), reused 206 (delta 103), pack-reused 0
To github.com:kambala-decapitator/Official-Kodi-Remote-iOS.git
 = [up to date]        1.10 → 1.10
 = [up to date]        1.10-b1 → 1.10-b1
 = [up to date]        1.10-b10 → 1.10-b10
 = [up to date]        1.10-b2 → 1.10-b2
 = [up to date]        1.10-b3 → 1.10-b3
 = [up to date]        1.10-b4 → 1.10-b4
 = [up to date]        1.10-b5 → 1.10-b5
 = [up to date]        1.10-b6 → 1.10-b6
 = [up to date]        1.10-b7 → 1.10-b7
 = [up to date]        1.10-b8 → 1.10-b8
 = [up to date]        1.10-b9 → 1.10-b9
 = [up to date]        1.10.1 → 1.10.1
 = [up to date]        1.10.1-b1 → 1.10.1-b1
 = [up to date]        1.10.1-b2 → 1.10.1-b2
 = [up to date]        1.11 → 1.11
 = [up to date]        1.11-b1 → 1.11-b1
 = [up to date]        1.11-b10 → 1.11-b10
 = [up to date]        1.11-b11 → 1.11-b11
 = [up to date]        1.11-b2 → 1.11-b2
 = [up to date]        1.11-b3 → 1.11-b3
 = [up to date]        1.11-b4 → 1.11-b4
 = [up to date]        1.11-b5 → 1.11-b5
 = [up to date]        1.11-b6 → 1.11-b6
 = [up to date]        1.11-b7 → 1.11-b7
 = [up to date]        1.11-b8 → 1.11-b8
 = [up to date]        1.11-b9 → 1.11-b9
 = [up to date]        1.11.1-b1 → 1.11.1-b1
 = [up to date]        1.11.1-b2 → 1.11.1-b2
 = [up to date]        1.11.1-b3 → 1.11.1-b3
 = [up to date]        1.11.1-b4 → 1.11.1-b4
 = [up to date]        1.11.1-b5 → 1.11.1-b5
 = [up to date]        1.11.1-b6 → 1.11.1-b6
 = [up to date]        1.11.1-b7 → 1.11.1-b7
 = [up to date]        1.11.1-b8 → 1.11.1-b8
 = [up to date]        1.12 → 1.12
 = [up to date]        1.12-b10 → 1.12-b10
 = [up to date]        1.12-b11 → 1.12-b11
 = [up to date]        1.12-b9 → 1.12-b9
 = [up to date]        1.12.1 → 1.12.1
 = [up to date]        1.12.1-b1 → 1.12.1-b1
 = [up to date]        1.13 → 1.13
 = [up to date]        1.13-b1 → 1.13-b1
 = [up to date]        1.13-b10 → 1.13-b10
 = [up to date]        1.13-b11 → 1.13-b11
 = [up to date]        1.13-b12 → 1.13-b12
 = [up to date]        1.13-b2 → 1.13-b2
 = [up to date]        1.13-b3 → 1.13-b3
 = [up to date]        1.13-b4 → 1.13-b4
 = [up to date]        1.13-b5 → 1.13-b5
 = [up to date]        1.13-b6 → 1.13-b6
 = [up to date]        1.13-b7 → 1.13-b7
 = [up to date]        1.13-b8 → 1.13-b8
 = [up to date]        1.13-b9 → 1.13-b9
 = [up to date]        1.13.1 → 1.13.1
 = [up to date]        1.13.1-b1 → 1.13.1-b1
 = [up to date]        1.13.1-b2 → 1.13.1-b2
 = [up to date]        1.14-b1 → 1.14-b1
 = [up to date]        1.6 → 1.6
 = [up to date]        1.6.1 → 1.6.1
 = [up to date]        1.6.2 → 1.6.2
 = [up to date]        1.6.2-b1 → 1.6.2-b1
 = [up to date]        1.6.2-b10 → 1.6.2-b10
 = [up to date]        1.6.2-b2 → 1.6.2-b2
 = [up to date]        1.6.2-b3 → 1.6.2-b3
 = [up to date]        1.6.2-b4 → 1.6.2-b4
 = [up to date]        1.6.2-b5 → 1.6.2-b5
 = [up to date]        1.6.2-b6 → 1.6.2-b6
 = [up to date]        1.6.2-b7 → 1.6.2-b7
 = [up to date]        1.6.2-b8 → 1.6.2-b8
 = [up to date]        1.6.2-b9 → 1.6.2-b9
 = [up to date]        1.7 → 1.7
 = [up to date]        1.7-b1 → 1.7-b1
 = [up to date]        1.7-b2 → 1.7-b2
 = [up to date]        1.7-b3 → 1.7-b3
 = [up to date]        1.7-b4 → 1.7-b4
 = [up to date]        1.7-b5 → 1.7-b5
 = [up to date]        1.7-b6 → 1.7-b6
 = [up to date]        1.7.1 → 1.7.1
 = [up to date]        1.7.1-b1 → 1.7.1-b1
 = [up to date]        1.7.1-b2 → 1.7.1-b2
 = [up to date]        1.7.1-b3 → 1.7.1-b3
 = [up to date]        1.7.2-b1 → 1.7.2-b1
 = [up to date]        1.7.2-b10 → 1.7.2-b10
 = [up to date]        1.7.2-b11 → 1.7.2-b11
 = [up to date]        1.7.2-b12 → 1.7.2-b12
 = [up to date]        1.7.2-b2 → 1.7.2-b2
 = [up to date]        1.7.2-b3 → 1.7.2-b3
 = [up to date]        1.7.2-b4 → 1.7.2-b4
 = [up to date]        1.7.2-b5 → 1.7.2-b5
 = [up to date]        1.7.2-b6 → 1.7.2-b6
 = [up to date]        1.7.2-b7 → 1.7.2-b7
 = [up to date]        1.7.2-b8 → 1.7.2-b8
 = [up to date]        1.7.2-b9 → 1.7.2-b9
 = [up to date]        1.8 → 1.8
 = [up to date]        1.8-b13 → 1.8-b13
 = [up to date]        1.8-b14 → 1.8-b14
 = [up to date]        1.8.1 → 1.8.1
 = [up to date]        1.8.1-b1 → 1.8.1-b1
 = [up to date]        1.8.1-b2 → 1.8.1-b2
 = [up to date]        1.8.2-b1 → 1.8.2-b1
 = [up to date]        1.8.2-b2 → 1.8.2-b2
 = [up to date]        1.8.2-b3 → 1.8.2-b3
 = [up to date]        1.8.2-b4 → 1.8.2-b4
 = [up to date]        1.8.2-b5 → 1.8.2-b5
 = [up to date]        1.8.2-b6 → 1.8.2-b6
 = [up to date]        1.8.2-b7 → 1.8.2-b7
 = [up to date]        1.8.2-b8 → 1.8.2-b8
 = [up to date]        1.8.2-b9 → 1.8.2-b9
 = [up to date]        1.9 → 1.9
 = [up to date]        1.9-b10 → 1.9-b10
 = [up to date]        1.9-b11 → 1.9-b11
 * [new branch]        watchapp-91 → watchapp
 * [new tag]           1.14-b2 → 1.14-b2
updating local tracking ref 'refs/remotes/origin/watchapp'

[DanPristupov]

no, I don't have write access to upstream, so I didn't enable that.

I don't understand the issue then.

• You have a local branch watchup which tracks remote branch origin/watchup watchup -> origin/watchup
• You rename watchup to watchup-91. The remote tracking reference hasn't been modified and watchup-91 still tracks remote branch origin/watchup watchup-91 -> origin/watchup

P.S. You can check remote tracking reference in the local branch tooltip on the sidebar.

[DanPristupov]

If your original intention was to change remote tracking reference by renaming local branch, it's wrong.

Local branch is independent from the remote branch, but may link to one using remote tracking reference (upstream). Upstream can be changed in the local branch context menu on the sidebar.

[kambala-decapitator]

I wanted to push local branch to a different remote. Since the target remote doesn't have such branch yet, I don't understand why it's using branch name from the original remote and not the local branch name. I'd expect exactly the same behavior as in the case when you create fresh local branch: on push the new target branch is set to the same name as the local one.

Upstream can be changed in the local branch context menu on the sidebar.

it's not possible to do when upstream branch doesn't exist yet which is exactly my case

[kambala-decapitator]

to clarify: I checked the branch out from remote A, renamed the local branch and trying to push it to remote B under the new name.

[DanPristupov]

It took some time to check that.

To reproduce:

Checkout some branch. In my case I did it from a newly added remote. Rename the branch locally Open the push dialog - the To field shows the old branch name (before renaming)

I think this is correct because the remote tracking reference (upstream) is still the same.

If you want to push to some other name, you must select Custom... option in the dropdown, which should use the default branch name by default.

[kambala-decapitator]

Thank you very much! Now I got it. Let's close then.