checkout new branch git code example

Example 1: git command to create a branch

//Create a New Branch
git checkout -b [name_of_your_new_branch]
//First Push
git push --set-upstream origin [name_of_your_new_branch]

Example 2: git checkout new branch

// create and checkout new branch in one line
git checkout -b new_branch

Example 3: git branch and checkout at the same time

$ git checkout -b <branch_name>

Example 4: createa. branch off of development git

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

Example 5: git checkout branch

truelover@PEACE project % git checkout master
truelover@PEACE project % git checkout branch_name
#create branch
truelover@PEACE project % git checkout -b new_branch_name

Example 6: make a new branch git

git checkout -b branch-name