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 have not yet committed:

Then there is no harm in switching to a new branch after files have been modified. Edited, non-committed files are always viewed in the context of whatever branch is checked out:

git checkout -b mytopicbranch

If you've already committed:

Following the description: here:

1. Create the branch you wished you had made (but don't switch to it):

git branch mytopicbranch

It now has all the commits that you wanted to make.

2. Reset the master branch back to before these commits:

git reset abc5b0de1 --hard

Assuming abc5b0de1 is the fingerprint of the commit right before you made the accidental commits.

Now you can switch back to mytopicbranch as needed.