Install git under Ubuntu

Answer:

Thanks to the github, git is becoming more and more popular, seems it is becoming the de facto standard of distributed version control tool for now.

To install it under Ubuntu, you need one command:

# sudo apt-get -y install git-core

Than you can clone existing repos on github easily.

# git clone https://github.com/joyent/node.git

Create a new branch in Git

Answer:

In Git, to create a new branch, enter the command below:

# git branch test

To switch to the branch just created, type:

#  git checkout test
Switched to branch "test"