Branch

branch

Create¶

The following command will create the branch locally.

git branch

Name of the branch¶

Listing out the name of the branch which is checked out without extra information.

git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD

List branch¶

With the following command, you can view branch details.

git branch

or

git branch --list

Listing git branches with different options.

git branch -a - All branches.

git branch -r - Remote branches only.

git branch -l or git branch - Local branches only.

Change branch¶

This will checkout the branch.

git checkout -b NEW-BRANCH-NAME

Delete branch¶

To delete the branch, you can run the command:

git branch -d

Push branch¶

Once you create the branch, push it to the remote repository using the command:

git push -u