CODEWITHSUNDEEP
gitazure-devopsvisual-studio-2019
Rich
Rich

Reputation: 6561

How to create new branch off prior branch instead of current branch, and switch between that and current branch

I am using a Microsoft Azure Devops site for source control of my winforms solution. As shown below, I have created a 6.0.0.0 branch off of the 5.24.1.0 branch in Visual Studio 2019:

enter image description here

I now want to keep my changes from the 6.0.0.0 branch and create 5.25.0.0 branch off of 5.24.1.0, but when I do this the result is a branch called 5.25.0.0 which is a combination of 5.24.1.0 and 6.0.0.0:

enter image description here

Is it possible to branch off 5.24.1.0 without any changes from 6.0.0.0 being included, and then to switch between 5.25.0.0 and 6.0.0.0 as needed?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 3975

Answers (1)

VonC
VonC

Reputation: 1324567

Yes, but the starting point is correct.

Since you have not done any new commit on branches 5.24.1.0 and 6.0.0.0, your thrid new branch 5.25.0.0 is, for now, at the same starting commit: the one already referenced by the other two branches.

Start making commits, and you will see each branch will have their own HEAD label, independently of the others.

Upvotes: 1

Related Questions