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description: "Manage remote branches and protection rules"
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# gt branch

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Manage remote branches and protection rules

## Synopsis

```text
Work with the branches of a repository on the server: list and view them, create, rename and
delete them, and protect them from direct pushes. To work with local branches, use git.
```

```
gt branch [flags]
```

## Options

```
  -h, --help   help for branch
```

## Options inherited from parent commands

```
      --cwd directory       Working directory for repository discovery
      --debug               Log the method, URL, status, and duration of each HTTP request to stderr
      --host URL            Gitea instance URL, including any base path
      --interactive         Allow prompts with machine output
  -q, --jq expression       Filter JSON output using a jq expression; implies --json
      --json fields[="*"]   Output JSON with the specified comma-separated fields, or all fields
      --no-input            Disable prompts and implicit editor/browser interactions
      --remote remote       Git remote used for repository discovery
  -R, --repo OWNER/REPO     Select a repository as OWNER/REPO or URL
      --sudo user           Perform API requests as this user (requires an administrator account)
      --user name           Account name on the selected instance
  -y, --yes                 Accept confirmations without prompting
```

## SEE ALSO

* [gt](../index.md): Work with Gitea from your terminal
* [gt branch create](../branch/create.md): Create a branch
* [gt branch delete](../branch/delete.md): Delete branches
* [gt branch list](../branch/list.md): List branches
* [gt branch protect](../branch/protect.md): Protect branches
* [gt branch rename](../branch/rename.md): Rename a branch
* [gt branch unprotect](../branch/unprotect.md): Remove branch protection
* [gt branch view](../branch/view.md): View a branch