---
title: "move branch"
date: 2020-01-11T05:06:49+01:00
draft: false
snippet_types: ["git"]
---

```shell
$ git rebase source-commit --onto target-branch
```

Sometimes you need to start a new feature branch but the place you need to base the branch is not
ready yet, say coworker has merged his changes to a stage branch but not master. With this work flow
you simply start your branch off stage then move to master later. **git branch -m new-name** also
comes in handy to rename the branch after you've moved it if need be. 

source:

[makandracards](https://makandracards.com/makandra/10173-git-how-to-rebase-your-feature-branch-from-one-branch-to-another)

[w3docs](https://www.w3docs.com/snippets/git/how-to-rename-git-local-and-remote-branches.html)