IT:AD:Visual Studio:SC:Git:HowTo:Create Branches

• (UP)
• See also:

  • IT:AD:Git:HowTo:Syntax

• In Visual Studio
• In Team Explorer
• Go to the Branches view.
• Right-click the parent branch (usually master) to base your changes and choose New Local Branch From....

• Provide the new name (forward slashes create collapsible folders in Visual Studio)
• And which branch to use as a source template
• If you want to automatically switch to that new branch,

  and you previously performed a checkin or stash of your work

  leave the Checkout check box checked.

• Create Branch

If you like bare metal (and who doesn't, right), skip the UI and do it using the following commands:

# what branches are here
git branch

# create a new branch
git branch newbranch

# switch to new branch 
git checkout newbranch

# rename a branch
git branch -m oldname newname

# in case you need to delete a branch
git checkout master
git branch -d newbranch

• https://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/docs/git/tutorial/branches
• https://www.atlassian.com/git/tutorials/using-branches/git-branch