git-branch: add example to specify starting point (#2563)

2018-11-08 09:49:50 +00:00
parent 8a2f226987
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--- a/pages/common/git-branch.md
+++ b/pages/common/git-branch.md
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@

 `git branch {{branch_name}}`

+- Create new branch based on a specific commit:
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+`git branch {{branch_name}} {{commit_hash}}`
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 - Rename a branch (must not have it checked out to do this):

 `git branch -m {{old_branch_name}} {{new_branch_name}}`