git move uncommited changes from master to new branch

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There are solutions to similar problems in stackoverflow. But I wanted to make sure my question falls in the same category: I did a git checkout master

I made some changes(uncommitted) and realized that the changes should be made by creating a new branch instead of master.

Is there a command where I can move the changes to a new branch and revert the master in my local branch to the state it was before I made those changes?

A comment rather than an answer, since there could be a better way... but "git stash" will store your changes and restore your modified files; then change to the new branch, then "git stash pop" will apply the stored changes and remove the change from the stash stack. — mah
– mah, Commented Mar 27, 2013 at 18:59

greg0ire · Accepted Answer · 2013-03-27 19:01:07Z

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Since you didn't commit anything to master, there is nothing to "revert". Juste create a new branch with git checkout -b new_branch and commit your changes.

answered Mar 27, 2013 at 19:01

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newbie Over a year ago

Additionally, I would need to to do a git pull from master. merge my master with my that specific branch and then push it to master. Would that affect anything?

greg0ire Over a year ago

You don't merge two branches together, you merge a branch into another. Your sentence is ambiguous, but I think you meant "merge my master into that specific branch and then merge the result back into master". And yes, it should affect both branches, why?

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