create branch from a branch code example

Example 1: git create new branch

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