Create a branch
$ git branch
* master
$ git branch featurex
$ git branch
featurex
* master
$ git checkout featurex
Switched to branch 'featurex'
$ git branch
* featurex
master
- Alternative that creates a branch and checks it out:
git checkout -b featurex
- Make some changes to file, and commit it to the repository.
- Use
gitk --all
to see the branch.