`git branch` List, create and delete branches

Manages branches, which are movable labels for lines of work. Without arguments it lists local branches and marks the one you are on with a star.

Synopsis

git branch [OPTION]... [NAME]

Option or form	What it does
`-a`	List local and remote-tracking branches
`-d NAME`	Delete a branch that has been fully merged
`-D NAME`	Force-delete a branch even if it is not merged
`-m NEW \| -m OLD NEW`	Rename a branch
`-vv`	Show each branch with its latest commit and upstream
`--merged`	List branches already merged into the current one

List local branches

git branch

  main
* feature/login

Create a branch without switching to it

git branch feature/search

Rename the current branch

git branch -m main

Delete a merged branch

git branch -d feature/login

Deleted branch feature/login (was 3f2a9c1).

See which branches are safe to delete

git branch --merged main

git branch NAME makes the branch but stays where you are. Use git switch -c NAME to create and move in one step.
-d refuses to delete unmerged work. -D does not, so check first.
Deleting a local branch does not delete it on the remote. Use git push origin --delete NAME for that.