Branches - Git Recipes - page 150

$ cd git-recipes
$ git init 05-01
$ cd 05-01
Then create three revisions m1 , m2 , and m3 . You can use the following procedure:
1. Create a new file m1.txt with $ echo m1 > m1.txt
2. Commit the snapshot with $ git snapshot m1
3. Create a new file m2.txt with $ echo m2 > m2.txt
4. Commit the snapshot with $ git snapshot m2
5. Create a new file m3.txt with $ echo m3 > m3.txt
6. Commit the snapshot with $ git snapshot m3
The repository now looks like Figure 5-2 .
Figure 5-2 . The repository from Recipe 5-1 with the first three revisions created in the master branch
By default, any newly initialized repository contains a single branch named mas-
ter . You can verify this with the command:
$ git branch
This command prints the list of branches. Right now its output will be:
* master
Let's create a new branch named doc . Here is the command you need:
$ git branch doc