Branch from a previous commit using Git

Question

If I have N commits, how do I branch from the N-3 commit?

Answer 1

You can create the branch via a hash:

git branch branchname <sha1-of-commit>

Answer 2

To do this on github.com:

1. Go to your project.
2. Click on the "Commits".
3. Click on the <> ("Browse the repository at this point in the history") on the commit you want to branch from.
4. Click on the "tree: xxxxxx" up in the upper left. Just below the language statistics bar, you'll get the option to "Find or Create Branch" (just type in a new branch name there)

Answer 3

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Answer 4

If you are not sure which commit you want to branch from in advance you can check commits out and examine their code (see source, compile, test) by

git checkout <sha1-of-commit>

Answer 5

Simply run :

git checkout -b branch-name <commit>

For example :

git checkout -b import/january-2019 1d0fa4fa9ea961182114b63976482e634a8067b8

The checkout command with the parameter -b will create a new branch AND it will switch you over to it

Answer 6

git checkout -b <branch-name> <sha1-of-commit>

Answer 7

This creates the branch with one command:

git push origin <sha1-of-commit>:refs/heads/<branch-name>

Answer 8

A great related question is: How the heck do you figure this out using the --help<\/code> option of git? Let's try this:

git branch --help

Answer 9

A quick way to do it on your Github repo would be as followed:

• Find the specific commit from your branch
• Beside the SHA id, click on 'Browse the repo at this point in the history'
• Here you can create a new branch from this commit

Answer 10

Using Sourcetree | The easiest way.

• First, checkout the branch that you want to take the specific commit to make a new branch.
• Then look at the toolbar, select Repository > Branch ... the shortcut is Command + Shift + B.
• And select the specific commit you want to take. And give a new branch name then create a branch!

Answer 11

This is what I did:

C:\Users\[path]\build>git checkout -b responsivenavigation 8a75b001096536b3216022484af3026aa9c7bb5b
Switched to a new branch 'responsivenavigation'

C:\Users\jaimemontoya\[path]\app>git branch
  master
* responsivenavigation

Answer 12

To do this in Eclipse:

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  It will create a local branch for you. Then whenever you push your changes, your branch will be pushed to the remote server.

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Answer 13

I was able to do it like so:

git branch new_branch_name `git log -n 1 --skip 3 --format=%H`

Answer 14

You can do it in Stash.

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Answer 15

Go to a particular commit of a git repository<\/em><\/strong>

To do that all you need it the SHA-1 hash of the commit which you can easily find checking the log with the command:

git log --abbrev-commit --pretty=oneline

Answer 16

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For Git GUI users you can visualize all the history (if necessary) and then right click on the commit you wish to branch from and enter the branch name.

Answer 17

To do the accepted answer in Visual Studio 2015 & 2017:

Click in alterations (red arrow above)

Click in Actions (red arrow above) and click in View History on the DropDown Menu

And new Tab will open:

And you should right click the previous commit that you want your code to revert to:

Choose to checkout a new branch and voilá!

Below, although not part of OP question, but I do both a lot and this one is a trick step, at least to me: if you want to revert to a previous commit, without checkout a new branch, DO NOT choose revert(!?); you should choose redefine --mixed or --hard:

Answer 18

If you are looking for a command-line based solution, you can ignore my answer. I am gonna suggest you to use GitKraken<\/a> . It's an extraordinary git UI client. It shows the Git tree on the homepage. You can just look at them and know what is going on with the project. Just select a specific commit, right-click on it and select the option 'Create a branch here'. It will give you a text box to enter the branch name. Enter branch name, select 'OK' and you are set. It's really very easy to use.

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Answer 19

I used Git Gui (which comes with GIT for Windows).

1. On the menu bar, open the Branch menu and select Create...
2. Specify the name for the new branch in the Branch Name section
3. Select Revision Expression: in the Start Revision section and enter the commit ID (I just used the 8 digit ID from Visual Studio and it worked)

Answer 20

With GitHub Desktop, display the history pane and right click on the commit you want, then choose the menu item "Create branch from commit".

Answer 21

With Source Tree [Version currently used: 3.1.3]

1. Open the History in Source Tree

2. It will list all the commits in the main window
3. Right-click on the desired commit and click on the Branch... option.
4. Give a name for the branch in the new window and click Create branch .
5. The new branch (local to your system) will come on the left side along with the other existing branches, which you can push to the origin to get it to the repository, that way it becomes available to other users.

Answer 22

if you use source tree that is pretty straight forward.

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