how to work from git branch locally code example

Example 1: how to check in which brach we are in git

git branch -a # it will show an astrick * like *master
git branch --show-current # source == git remote --help

Example 2: git switch branch

git switch branch_name

git checkout branch_name

Example 3: git merge branch to master

$ git checkout master
Switched to branch 'master'
$ git merge iss53
Merge made by the 'recursive' strategy.
index.html |    1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

Example 4: git branch command

git branch  
(or)
git checkout -b 

Example 5: how to create a branch in git

$ git branch [name of branch]