Create new branch using CLI?

[JakeMalis]

I am very new to using Git/GitHub, but if I have an issue in GitHub, how can I create a new branch dedicated to fixing that feature (using the CLI)?

[mislav]

Hi, welcome to GitHub!

GitHub CLI provides only some functionality to look up information from GitHub, such as issues and pull request, but a lot of operations regarding version control (such as managing branches) are best made using git proper.

Therefore, to create a new branch, you would use git:

git switch --create my-feature

Later, when you make some commits on that branch, you can either push the branch to a remote repository:

git push -u origin my-feature

or you can choose to submit a pull request using GitHub CLI:

gh pr create

For more information, see https://docs.github.com/en/github/using-git

[JakeMalis]

So basically the GitHub CLI is not a replacement/competitor for the Git CLI?

[mislav]

No, for now GitHub CLI only aims to complement the git CLI by allowing some GitHub-specific operations that are not possible via git proper.