From 37f1a519f2ea0ce912ccd7c623aea992147c3900 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org>
Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2005 21:30:23 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Add "git branch" script

You can use it as

	git branch <branchname> [start-point]

and it creates a new branch of name <branchname>.  If a starting point
is specified, that will be where the branch is created, otherwise it
will be created at the current HEAD.

The sequence

	git branch xyz abc
	git checkout xyz

can also be written as

	git checkout -b xyz abc

as per the previous commit.
---
 Makefile          |  3 ++-
 git-branch-script | 11 +++++++++++
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100755 git-branch-script

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 03ea1636a..93479ae65 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ SCRIPTS=git git-apply-patch-script git-merge-one-file-script git-prune-script \
 	git-log-script git-shortlog git-cvsimport-script git-diff-script \
 	git-reset-script git-add-script git-checkout-script git-clone-script \
 	gitk git-cherry git-rebase-script git-relink-script git-repack-script \
-	git-format-patch-script git-sh-setup-script git-push-script
+	git-format-patch-script git-sh-setup-script git-push-script \
+	git-branch-script
 
 PROG=   git-update-cache git-diff-files git-init-db git-write-tree \
 	git-read-tree git-commit-tree git-cat-file git-fsck-cache \
diff --git a/git-branch-script b/git-branch-script
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..ade0abf06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/git-branch-script
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+. git-sh-setup-script || die "Not a git archive"
+
+branchname="$1"
+rev=$(git-rev-parse --verify --default HEAD "$2"^0) || exit
+
+[ -z "$branchname" ] && die "git branch: I want a branch name"
+[ -e "$GIT_DIR/refs/heads/$branchname" ] && die "$branchname already exists"
+
+echo $rev > "$GIT_DIR/refs/heads/$branchname"
-- 
2.26.2