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Instead of just moving the branch pointer forward, Git creates a new snapshot that results from this three-way merge and automatically creates a new commit that points to it. This is referred to as a merge commit, and is special in that it has more than one parent.
- Installing Git
If you do want to install Git from source, you need to have...
- Installing Git
To update the remote repository, push the renamed branch: $ git push --set-upstream origin feature-new. With the new branch feature-new, the remote repository is updated. Use the command as follows to check branch names both on local and remote: $ git branch --all. remotes/origin/HEAD -> origin/master.
The git branch command lets you create, list, rename, and delete branches. It doesn’t let you switch between branches or put a forked history back together again. For this reason, git branch is tightly integrated with the git checkout and git merge commands.
In Git, a branch is a new/separate version of the main repository. Let's say you have a large project, and you need to update the design on it. How would that work without and with Git: Without Git: Make copies of all the relevant files to avoid impacting the live version.
Tom creates a new branch using the git branch <branch name> command. We can create a new branch from an existing one. We can use a specific commit or tag as the starting point. If any specific commit ID is not provided, then the branch will be created with HEAD as its starting point.
A branch in Git is simply a lightweight movable pointer to one of these commits. The default branch name in Git is master. As you start making commits, you’re given a master branch that points to the last commit you made. Every time you commit, the master branch pointer moves forward automatically.
NAME. git-branch - List, create, or delete branches. SYNOPSIS. git branch [--color[=<when>] | --no-color] [--show-current] [-v [--abbrev=<n> | --no-abbrev]] [--column[=<options>] | --no-column] [--sort=<key>] [--merged [<commit>]] [--no-merged [<commit>]] [--contains [<commit>]] [--no-contains [<commit>]] [--points-at <object>] [--format=<format>]