branch out from another branch git code example

Example 1: branch from other branch

// Go first to the branch where you want to make a copy of
git checkout -b subbranch branch

Example 2: create a new branch based on another branch

//when on branch 'dev' make branch 'myFeature' off of 'dev'
git checkout -b myfeature dev

Example 3: git command to create a branch from another branch

$ git checkout -b myfeature dev