git checkout new branch from current code example

Example 1: git checkout new branch

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

Example 2: git create new branch from current

git checkout -b topic/newbranch

Example 3: create a new branch based on another branch

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

Example 4: create branch from existing branch

$ git checkout -b myFeature dev

Example 5: command to create a new branch in git

$ git checkout -b <branch-name>