To display the current branch you're on, without the other branches listed, you can do the following: git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD Reference: Show just the current branch in Git (Sep 2009)... Read More
The following command should work. git push origin refs/heads/product-0.2:refs/heads/product-0.2... Read More
Simple way Open ~/.bash_profile in your favorite editor and add the following content to the bottom. Git branch in prompt. parse_git_branch() { git branch 2> /dev/null | sed -e '/^[^*]/d' -e 's/*... Read More
Moving to an existing branch If you want to move your commits to an existing branch , it will look like this: git checkout existingbranch git merge master git checkout master git reset --hard HEAD~3... Read More
The branch dropdown will only show local branches, it will not show remote branches. You should create a new local branch to track that remote branch. Simply click the New Branch dropdown, and you wi... Read More
There are a few ways to accomplish that: Change your local branch and then push your changes Push the branch to remote with the new name while keeping the original name locally Renaming local and... Read More
git clone -b <branch> <remote_repo> Example: git clone -b my-branch git@github.com:user/myproject.git With Git 1.7.10 and later, add --single-branch to prevent fetching of all branches. Example, wi... Read More
You can create the branch via a hash: git branch branchname <sha1-of-commit> Or by using a symbolic reference: git branch branchname HEAD~3 To checkout the branch when creating it, use git checkout... Read More
How I would do this git checkout master git pull origin master git merge test git push origin master If I have a local branch from a remote one, I don't feel comfortable with merging other branches... Read More
When I search for 'git check if branch exists' on a search engine, this page is the first one I see. I get what I want, but I'd like to provide a updated answer since the original post was from 2011.... Read More