git branch

Creating a branch in a repo

We shall be looking at how to work with some advanced git commands.
When collaborating on a project using github, and you want to work on an aspect of the project, say for example, the login page, it is best to create a branch in the repo.

How do you create a branch? A branch is simply a version of a repo. The project working directory is the repo. Branches are created in the directory. Creating a branch is to enable the independent parts that make up a project to be developed separately and then merged together using through pull request to the project repo ( default directory).

The default directory is the repo that houses the project, called main. The branch is like a sub directory (a tree) which is created and attached to the main.

So follow these steps to create a branch in a repo

open git
If the default root directory is master, switch it to main by running
```
git branch -m master main
```
Then navigate to
```
cd desktop
```
navigate to the folder containing the files for your new branch by running
```
 cd folder name
```
Initialize the git by running this command
```
git init
```
Run this command to initialize the branching process
```
git branch
```
Then create the branch name for example
```
git branch Login-Page 
```
The branch name will be created. Also run,
```
git branch
```
Run this command to see the list of branches
```
git branch --list
```

Note: the current working branch usually carries a

    * sign

Run this command to add the new branch to the main
```
 git branch -a
```
Run this command to switch to the new branch
```
git checkout Login-Page
```
**You would notice that the directory has changed from main to Login-Page
To add file to this new branch, run this command
```
git add .
```
commit your file
```
git commit -m "new commit"
```
On github, copy the remote branch URL and run this command
```
git remote add origin URL
```

Note: Go to the repo on github, then copy the URL on the address bar

When done, run this command
```
git push origin Login-Page 
```

Voila, your files has been pushed to the new branch

Please like or comment and share

Working with Advanced Git Commands Part I