git new branch and checkout code example

Example 1: git create new branch

// Example for creating a new branch named myNewBranch
git checkout -b myNewBranch

// First Push
git push --set-upstream origin myNewBranch

Example 2: git checkout new branch

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

Example 3: git create new branch from current

git checkout -b topic/newbranch

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 create and checkout branch

$ git checkout -b <branch_name>

Example 6: git merge local branch

// checkout the branch to merge INTO
git checkout master
// merge local feature branch into master branch
git merge feature_branch_name