I was working on a project recently, which involved cloning another git repository and adding my own changes into it. After I cloned it, I forgot to create and switch to the new branch and do my changes there. So all my changes were in the ‘master’ branch. I rather wanted to have my changes in my own branch. git makes these things trivial. All you have to do is rename your current master:
$ git branch -m <old-branch-name> <new-branch-name> $ git branch (should show the new name)
Now, do a git log and find out which is the commit before you started making the change and do:
$ git checkout -b <old-branch-name> <commit-sha1>
That’s it and you have the whole thing as you wanted it to be.
Thanks to my friend Anand for the tip on the -m option to git branch. Most git gems seem to be deep embedded in those switches of the sub commands of git.
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