Forgot to create new branch. How to transfer changes to new branch

Question

this happens to every developer time-to-time. You start coding a new feature and forget to branch first locally.

So if that happens is there a way I can say hey, transf

Answer 1

If you haven't commited your changes yet, you can switch to a new branch prior to committing.

git checkout -b my-new-branch

This will create a new branch called my-new-branch and immediately check it out.