What did you do before the bug happened? (Steps to reproduce your issue) mkdir --parents -- './server' './client'; git -C './server' init --bare './repo.git' branch_default_name="$(git -C './server/repo.git' branch --show-current)"; echo "$branch_default_name" git --git-dir='./server/repo.git' --work-tree='.' commit --message="$((++number))" --allow-empty git -C './client' init './repo' cd './client/repo' git remote add -m "$branch_default_name" server 'file://'"$(realpath '../../server/repo.git')" git remote --verbose git config list --local --show-scope --show-origin git symbolic-ref 'refs/remotes/server/HEAD' git remote rename server server2 git config list --local --show-scope --show-origin git symbolic-ref 'refs/remotes/server2/HEAD' git symbolic-ref 'refs/remotes/server/HEAD' What did you expect to happen? (Expected behavior) `git symbolic-ref 'refs/remotes/server/HEAD'` outputs "refs/remotes/server/master"; `git symbolic-ref 'refs/remotes/server2/HEAD'` outputs "refs/remotes/server2/master". What happened instead? (Actual behavior) `git symbolic-ref 'refs/remotes/server/HEAD'` outputs "refs/remotes/server/master"; `git symbolic-ref 'refs/remotes/server2/HEAD'` outputs "fatal: ref refs/remotes/server2/HEAD is not a symbolic ref". `git symbolic-ref 'refs/remotes/server/HEAD'` outputs "refs/remotes/server/master". What's different between what you expected and what actually happened? Anything else you want to add: Please review the rest of the bug report below. You can delete any lines you don't wish to share. [System Info] git version: git version 2.50.1.windows.1 cpu: x86_64 built from commit: 4d32d83913170b86f9753fca10e75cdb2223d1cc sizeof-long: 4 sizeof-size_t: 8 shell-path: D:/git-sdk-64/usr/bin/sh feature: fsmonitor--daemon libcurl: 8.14.1 OpenSSL: OpenSSL 3.2.4 11 Feb 2025 zlib: 1.3.1 SHA-1: SHA1_DC SHA-256: SHA256_BLK uname: Windows 10.0 26100 compiler info: gnuc: 15.1 libc info: no libc information available $SHELL (typically, interactive shell): C:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin\bash.exe [Enabled Hooks] not run from a git repository - no hooks to show