To rename branch, you can use -m option of git branch.
Rename <oldbranch> to <newbranch>
$ git branch -m <oldbranch> <newbranch>
Rename current branch to <newbranch>
$ git branch -m <newbranch>
If <newbranch> exists, -M instead of -m must be used to force the rename to happen.
First, get remote branches up-to-date.
$ git fetch $ git svn fetch # only if you have Subversion remote repository using git-svn
Show remote branches.
$ git branch -a * master remotes/origin/master remotes/svn/tags/RELEASE_20101022 remotes/svn/tags/RELEASE_20101025 remotes/svn/trunk
Show changes between current local branch and remote branch.
$ git diff remotes/origin/master
Show changes between current local branch and remote branch. (simple)
$ git diff --name-status remotes/origin/master
Show changes between current local branch and remote branch. (simple, Subversion repository)
$ git diff --name-status remotes/svn/trunk
Source: git svn status - showing changes that are not committed to svn - Stack Overflow
I executed Repository.fetch_changesets using script/runner by cron to synchronize repositories of Redline with Git and I got an error below.
git: not found
I modified redmine/lib/redmine/scm/adapters/git_adapter.rb like below and it became OK.
#GIT_BIN = "git" GIT_BIN = "/usr/local/bin/git"
I also encountered an onother problem.
When the user who executes Redmine does not have permission for the Git repository directory (like xxx.git), Redmine shows "The entry or revision was not found in the repository." error on repository page.
Workaround is:
$ sudo chmod o+rx xxxx.git