creating a branch from Git commit ID within Github web UI

Question

This deals : How do I create a new Git branch from an old commit? about creating new branch needed from command line on a repository based on commit-id

pretty much,

git checkout -b ini_commit_ref_branch cf05eed4fbd76e30615e3876ead9ddb7c5593cd8 # eg commit
git push --set-upstream origin ini_commit_ref_branch

But how to achieve same within Github WebUi - as option of creating remote branches we get only on existing branches not from commit hash. Do we have that feature within web-ui ?.

All we see are below icons when we traverse to history of commits against selected branch in repo..

Answer 1

Here's how you do it.

First navigate to the commit in question, and then click on the <> button next to the commit in your history. This will show the web interface for browsing that particular commits snapshot of the repository.

Then, you see a small button with the commit id, just above the contents, like this:

Then, click the down arrow on this button to show the dropdown. It looks like this one allows you to browse different branches in the repository but you can actually create a new one. Simply type in the name of the new branch in the search field:

Then click on the "Create branch: ..." link at the bottom of this dropdown, and a new branch should be created.