Move the most recent commit(s) to a new branch with Git

Question

I\'d like to move the last several commits I\'ve committed to master to a new branch and take master back to before those commits were made. Unfortunately, my Git-fu is not

Answer 1

Simplest way to do this:

1. Rename master branch to your newbranch (assuming you are on master branch):

git branch -m newbranch

2. Create master branch from the commit that you wish:

git checkout -b master 

e.g. git checkout -b master a34bc22