Archive for September 2014

git: How to checkout a specific commit/version to a new branch

This entry is part 5 of 7 in the series git: useful HOWTOs
git checkout -b branch--new commit-hash

will checkout the commit-hash commit in a new branch called branch-new.

git: How to push a new branch to a remote repository

This entry is part 4 of 7 in the series git: useful HOWTOs
git push -u REMOTE BRANCH_NAME

This will also create an association between the local and the remote branch, so you can afterwards just issue git push.