Why doesn't the graph display a new branch branching off from the master branch, when I create a new branch in terminal?
atlassian-sourcetree, git, git-branch, version-control
Solution
It does: it has one new commit done from `master`.
That means you have checked out the new branch `testing123`, done one commit and pushed it (hence origin/`testing123`).
You don't see any "branching" because there is no new commit on `master` since `testing123` has been created: the history of `testing123` remains "linear" with the one of `master`.
Once a new commit will have been created on `master`, you will see a fork.
See also this thread on SourceTree:
2 possible reasons for this:
- You have 'Current Branch' selected at the top of the log view, or
- The branches didn't actually cause a divergence in the graph. A branch is just a marker, unless different commits actually occurred in each that were not shared between then, there won't be a fork in the graph.
Problem
Why doesn't the graph in Sourcetree display a new branch branching off from the master branch , when I create a new branch called "testing123" in terminal ? Sourcetree recognises the new branch but it doesn't branch off from the master branch in the graph. Why is this happening ? How can I make Sourcetree graph display the new branch branching off from master?