Question

I have two branches. I want to create a new one. How do I know which branch it will pull from to start it?

Thanks!

Answer 1

If you just type git branch, it will branch off from the commit you currently have checked out. The same applies if you use git checkout -b to create a new branch and immediately check it out.

Alternatively, you can specify a start point. Both of the following will create a branch “bar” which starts at the current tip of “foo”:

git branch bar foo
git checkout foo -b bar