Git create branch from current checked out master?
dvcs, git, git-branch, version-control
Solution
First of all moving to a different branch based in the current HEAD is performed like this:
git checkout -b newbranch
Commit all the changes (assuming no newly added files, otherwise `git add` them):
git commit -a
Go back to the master branch:
git checkout master
The previously uncommitted changes will all be on the newbranch branch, and master will still be at the state it was without those changes.
Problem
There is a git controlled folder on a server where the main branch is checked out and a whole pile of files have been modified and not committed. Is there a way for me to commit the changes to a separate branch so I can go back to a clean version? ie I want to effecitvely undo all this persons changes but store them in another chance so if that person wants their changes they can switch to that branch. (Yes I know this is not how git is designed to work but that is my situation!) Any ideas very much appreciated.