Как изменить имя папки github

I was able to find a way on GitHub Website to rename a single file and did so with success.

I was also able to find a way to rename a whole repository and did that with success.

Does anyone know how to do this to a single directory without using command line? For reference, I am trying to change a directory named InterviewTesting (that contains source files, etc) to something else. I tried doing it the single file way.
But this didn’t allow me to change the name of the directory (InterviewTesting), only the actual file name.

There is no way to do this in the GitHub web application. I believe to only way to do this is in the command line using git mv <old name> <new name> or by using a Git client(like SourceTree).

You can!
Just press edit as per @committedandroider’s original post and then hit backspace with your cursor at the start of the filename. It will let you then edit the folder. When done hit forward slash to then edit the filename again.

git mv <oldname> <newname>
git add <newname>
git commit -m "Renaming folder"
git push -u origin main

answered Jun 6, 2021 at 5:13

Just edit a file inside the folder, click on file name and press backspace continuously. That will move to the cursor to the folder name and you can edit it.
It can cause problems with hyperlinks.

If you want to try it with the Github web:
(and don’t want to move individual files manually)

1. Download the ‘zip’ for a directory. (Repeat for all directories/folders)

2. Unzip all the directories/folders on your pc. (don’t touch the internal contents of these folders)

3. Rename these folders on your pc, such that, you precede the name of the folder name with ‘1. or 2. or 3. and so on’ (in order that you want them to appear… eg: if u want some folder to appear first, change its name from ‘xyz’ to ‘1. xyz’)

4. Upload all these directories back on Github Web.

By doing this, all the contents of your directories/folders will remain intact and in the same order as they were… just the Directories/Folders themselves will be ordered as per the number you used while naming it in Step 3.

I found this easier and quicker than moving all individual files from one directory to other.

Example — (how it would appear on Github Web)

Before : (alphabetically ordered)

abc
jkl
xyz

After :

1. xyz
2. jkl
3. abc

answered Jan 20, 2022 at 21:26

You could use a workflow for this.

# ./.github/workflows/rename.yaml
name: Rename Directory

on:
  push:

jobs:
  rename:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
      - run: git mv old_name new_name
      - uses: EndBug/add-and-commit@v5.1.0

Then just delete the workflow file, which you can do in the UI

answered Oct 11, 2020 at 8:02

For all I know, there is no way you can do this from the GitHub web interface.

Here is how I was successfully able to do it —

Step 1: Rename in your local. In your local path, give command $ git mv old-name new-name.

Now it will be renamed in your local path.

Step 2: Staging. Give command $ git add .

Step 3: Commit. Use command $ git commit -m «add your comment» https://github.com/repo-name/branch-name.git

Step 4: Push. $ git push
or
$ git push https://github.com/repo-name/branch-name.git branch-name

(Instead of everytime specifying the big URL, you can use the alias «origin» or whatever you like. But first you need to give this command in the beginning $ git remote add origin https://github.com/repo-name/branch-name.git )

answered Apr 5, 2021 at 6:20

answered Jul 3, 2021 at 23:20

answered May 1, 2022 at 12:07

answered May 31, 2022 at 3:02

The question seems simple but it was quite hard for me to get the answer. I wanted to rename my folder from capital letters to small so I made sure my git configuration will catch that first. For this, I ran:

git config core.ignorecase false

Then simply rename your files in the VS code and commit them. You probably still see the old folders in the github repo. So go to the folder you’re interesting in deleting and press ... button on top right and Delete directory

answered Jan 16 at 11:38

Go into your directory and click on ‘Settings’ next to the little cog. There is a field to rename your directory.

I just made a new repository with a single folder, that contains various subfolders and files inside it. I want to change the name of the «F2F» folder. I know it is possible using command line, but wanted to ask whether there is a GUI alternative to the same(on web).

Also, I’ve checked this and this, and they don’t help.

asked Nov 25, 2018 at 12:01

Just simply go to the reop on your web browser and change the URL to «.dev»
example: change github.com/{github username}/{reponame}
to: github.dev/{github username}/{reponame}

Go to your repo that contains the folder you want to rename.
Then, press the “.” key.
A web editor will show up. Navigate to the folder, click on it, and press enter.

I’m afraid you can’t do this in the browser.

Git operates just file, never folder (they are treated as file paths). And you can rename the file to «move» into another directory, in the browser, for all the files in that folder, to «change a folder name». But it seems no batch operations in the browser.

For move a file into another path in the browser: Edit that file, then you can rename the file. In the box of renaming the file, try to input slash / or delete at the beginning of the input box.

answered Nov 25, 2018 at 12:17

I just made a new repository with a single folder, that contains various subfolders and files inside it. I want to change the name of the «F2F» folder. I know it is possible using command line, but wanted to ask whether there is a GUI alternative to the same(on web).

Also, I’ve checked this and this, and they don’t help.

asked Nov 25, 2018 at 12:01

Just simply go to the reop on your web browser and change the URL to «.dev»
example: change github.com/{github username}/{reponame}
to: github.dev/{github username}/{reponame}

Go to your repo that contains the folder you want to rename.
Then, press the “.” key.
A web editor will show up. Navigate to the folder, click on it, and press enter.

I’m afraid you can’t do this in the browser.

Git operates just file, never folder (they are treated as file paths). And you can rename the file to «move» into another directory, in the browser, for all the files in that folder, to «change a folder name». But it seems no batch operations in the browser.

For move a file into another path in the browser: Edit that file, then you can rename the file. In the box of renaming the file, try to input slash / or delete at the beginning of the input box.

answered Nov 25, 2018 at 12:17

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