Git: How to move existing work to new branch?

Question

I started some work on a new feature. After coding for a bit I decided this feature should be on its own branch. How do I move the existing uncommitted changes to a new branch and reset my current one?

I want to be sure that I can reset my current branch while preserving work on the uncompleted feature.

Answer 1

use git checkout -b <new-branch>

this will leave your current branch as is, create and checkout a new branch and keep all your changes. you can then make a commit with git add <files> and commit with git commit to your new branch