Rename file with Git

Question

I\'m new to Git/Github and I needs some help. I would like to rename file from README to README.md. I have only one repo called \"change-z-index\".

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Answer 1

I had a similar problem going through a tutorial.

# git mv README README.markdown

fatal: bad source, source=README, destination=README.markdown

I included the filetype in the source file:

# git mv README.rdoc README.markdown

and it worked perfectly. Don't forget to commit the changes with i.e.:

# git commit -a -m "Improved the README"

Sometimes it is simple little things like that, that piss us off. LOL