Git branching
Here's my quick notes on a git workflow to create a branch, merge and clean up:
Create a branch named "x":
git checkout -b x
git branch x
git push origin x
git push -u origin x
git checkout x
git push --set-upstream origin x
Merge a branch "x" back into master:
git checkout master
git pull
git merge x --no-ff
git push
Note that this creates a merge commit to make it easier to find where branches are merged into master.
Clean up branch "x":
git branch -d x
git push --delete origin x
Update [2013-05-15]: Used the "-u" option with git push so we have one less line when creating a branch. Thanks to @jdriscoll for that tip. Update [2013-07-11]: Used the "-b" option with git checkout so we have one less line when creating a branch. Thanks to @bobz44 for that tip.