Creating and deleting branches within your repository

You can create or delete branches directly on GitHub.

In this article

• Creating a branch
• Deleting a branch
• Further reading

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Creating a branch

1. On GitHub, navigate to the main page of the repository.

2. Optionally, if you want to create your new branch from a branch other than the default branch for the repository, click  NUMBER branches then choose another branch:

   

    

3. Click the branch selector menu.

   

    

4. Type a unique name for your new branch, then select Create branch.

   

    

Deleting a branch

You can have head branches automatically deleted after pull requests are merged in your repository. For more information, see "Managing the automatic deletion of branches."

You can't delete a branch if it's currently associated with an open pull request.

1. On GitHub, navigate to the main page of the repository.
2. Above the list of files, click  NUMBER branches.
   
3. Scroll to the branch that you want to delete, then click .