How To Create A New Branch From Master

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Create a new Git branch

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09/29/2021
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Azure Repos | Azure DevOps Server 2020 | Azure DevOps Server 2019 | TFS 2018-TFS 2017

Tip

Need help creating a new Git branch in your local repo from Visual Studio or the command line? Visit the Git tutorial.

Important

Users of TFS 2015 and previous won't have the Branches tab in the Code view. When using those versions, you can create a new branch in TFS from the Code view by selecting the dropdown list next to the branch name and then selecting New branch.

Create a new branch

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Visual Studio
Command Line

View your repo's branches by selecting Repos > Branches while viewing your repo on the web.
Select New branch in the upper-right corner of the page.
In the Create a branch dialog box, enter a name for your new branch, select a branch to base the work off of, and associate any work items.
Select Create branch.

View your repo's branches by selecting Branches while viewing your repo on the web.
Select New branch in the upper-right corner of the page.
In the Create a branch dialog box, enter a name for your new branch, select a branch to base the work off of, and associate any work items.
Select Create branch.

Tip

You will need to fetch the branch before you can see it and swap to it in your local repo.

Note

If you're using Visual Studio 2019 version 16.8 or later, try the Git version control experience. Learn more about how the Git experience compares with Team Explorer on this Side-by-side comparison page.

Visual Studio 2015 & 2017

Open up Team Explorer and go to the Branches view.
Right-click the parent branch (usually main) to base your changes and choose New Local Branch From....
Supply a branch name in the required field and select Create Branch. Visual Studio automatically performs a checkout to the newly created branch.

Use the branch command to create the branch and checkout to swap to that branch.

                git branch feature1 git checkout feature1

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