How To Create a Git Branch | Linux Today

How To Create a Git Branch

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Jan 21, 2020

Git branches are created in order to isolate specific Git commits from the rest of your main Git history. If you main Git history is based on the master branch, you can create a separate Git branch in order to develop new features and merge them later on. In this tutorial, we are going to see how you can easily create a Git branch.

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