Now, Git will show only two src]$ git branch Switched to branch src]$ git branch -D test_branchĭeleted branch test_branch (was 5776472). So he switches branch and deletes branch as shown src]$ git branch Jerry is currently on test_branch and he wants to remove that branch. But before deleting the existing branch, switch to the other branch.

Switched to a new branch src]$ git branchĪ branch can be deleted by providing –D option with git branch command. Git provides –b option with the checkout command this operation creates a new branch and immediately switches to the new src]$ git checkout -b test_branch In the above example, we have used two commands to create and switch branches, respectively. Jerry uses the git checkout command to switch between src]$ git checkout new_branch The pictorial representation of create branch operation is shown below − Switch between Branches Git shows an asterisk mark before currently checked out branch. If any specific commit ID is not provided, then the branch will be created with HEAD as its starting src]$ git branch src]$ git branchĪ new branch is created Tom used the git branch command to list the available branches. We can use a specific commit or tag as the starting point. We can create a new branch from an existing one. Tom creates a new branch using the git branch command. For example, we released a product for 6.0 version and we might want to create a branch so that the development of 7.0 features can be kept separate from 6.0 bug fixes. We can use this operation to fork off the development process into two different directions.

Branch operation allows creating another line of development.

Git create branch for current changes