How to Create Feature Branches

HOWTO Create a Feature Branch

This assumes you already have a clone of the repo in question.

Simple recipe:

1. Update master branch git checkout master; git pull origin/master
2. Create new local branch: git checkout -b issue_99 master
3. Develop and commit code on new branch: git commit -m "Did stuff"
4. Setup local tracking and push to remote server: git push -u origin issue_99

Detailed recipe:

1. Inspect your local and remote branches
   • $ git branch -av
2. Update master branch
   • git checkout master
   • git pull origin/master
3. Create new local branch issue_99 based on your local branch master
   • git branch issue_99 master
4. Checkout the new local feature branch
   • git checkout issue_99
5. Make changes to files on the new feature branch, and commit them
   • echo "Hello World" > README.txt
   • git add README.txt
   • git commit README.txt -m "Documentation, initial commit of README file"
6. Push your feature branch up to the Github GPSTk repo and set-up local tracking
   • git push -u origin issue_99
7. Confirm that your new feature branch is present
   • git branch -av
8. Confirm that your local branch tracks the remote branch
   • git remote show origin