Move commits from master to a new branch
Git, Branch, Repository · Apr 13, 2021

Moves local commits from the master
branch to a new branch.
- Use
git branch <branch>
to create a new branch at the tip of the currentmaster
. - Use
git reset HEAD~<n> --hard
to rewind back<n>
commits and discard changes. - Use
git checkout <branch>
to switch to the new branch. - Only works if the changes have only been committed locally and not pushed to the remote.
git branch <branch> git reset HEAD~<n> --hard git checkout <branch> # Examples git checkout master git add . git commit -m "Fix network bug" git branch patch-1 # `patch-1` branch is created containing the commit "Fix network bug" git reset HEAD~1 --hard # Remove the commit from `master` git checkout patch-1