Git branch

git branch

Main Git command for working with branches. More information: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-branch.

• List all branches (local and remote; the current branch is highlighted by *): git branch --all

• List which branches include a specific Git commit in their history: git branch --all --contains commit_hash

• Show the name of the current branch: git branch --show-current

• Create new branch based on the current commit: git branch branch_name

• Create new branch based on a specific commit: git branch branch_name commit_hash

• Rename a branch (must not have it checked out to do this): git branch -m old_branch_name new_branch_name

• Delete a local branch (must not have it checked out to do this): git branch -d branch_name

• Delete a remote branch: git push remote_name --delete remote_branch_name