git branch operations

basic operations

• create a branch – git branch <new branch>
• checkout a branch – git checkout <branch>
• list local branches – git branch
• list remote branches – git git branch -r
• list local and remote branches – git branch -a
• delete a local branch – git branch -d <branch>
• delete a remote branch – git push origin -d <branch>

create and checkout a branch in one go

connecting local branches to upstream

-u is shorthand for --set-upstream