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 (you must switch to a different branch before doing this):

git branch -m|–move old_branch_name new_branch_name

• Delete a local branch (you must switch to a different branch before doing this):

git branch -d|–delete branch_name

• Delete a remote branch:

git push remote_name --delete remote_branch_name