How to Create and delete branches within your repository

How to Create and delete branches within your repository

You can create or delete branches directly on GitHub.

Creating a branch

1. On GitHub, navigate to the main page of the repository.
2. Click the branch selector menu.

1. 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.

1. On GitHub, navigate to the main page of the repository.
2. Above the create file menu, click  NUMBER branches.

1. Branches link on overview page
2. Scroll to the branch that you want to delete, then click delete sign.