Creating a Branch

Creating a Git repository

You will create a Git repository with a single file. This file will have separate changes made on two branches: master and newfeature.

Type the following command to create a simple Git repository:

1	mkdir lgthw_git_branch_1
2	cd lgthw_git_branch_1
3	git init
4	echo newfile > file1
5	git add file1
6	git commit -m 'new file1'
7	git status

The git branch command

To create a new branch, type the following commands:

8	git branch newfeature
9	git status
10	git branch

Now you have created a branch called ...