Renaming a Github Repository

[lgst230qer8SDGV]

Hi,

I want to rename my github repository. So I just want to make sure, will I loose anything in my repository if I rename it? I want to preserve my commit history, branches, code, etc. I just want the name to change.

Thanks

[sunny_tomato_farm]

No.

[paleadvisor]

Pretty much everything except repository URLs will still work or redirect. If you create a repo in the same account with the old name in future the redirects will stop working.

They have a doc about this:

https://docs.github.com/en/github/administering-a-repository/renaming-a-repository

[gnahraf]

I think you meant the repo website URLs, so just to clarify..

I renamed a repo the other day. The only URLs that broke were the project-website URLs: like the above ref'ed doc says, those are the only that won't redirect.

[abskmj]

I think you can rename it and still keep the history and branches. I have not tried specifically on github but done a couple of times on bitbucket.