About managing branches
You can use branches to safely experiment with changes to your project. Branches isolate your development work from other branches in the repository. For example, you could use a branch to develop a new feature or fix a bug.
You always create a branch from an existing branch. Typically, you might create a branch from the default branch of your repository. You can then work on this new branch in isolation from changes that other people are making to the repository.
You can also create a branch starting from a previous commit in a branch's history. This can be helpful if you need to return to an earlier view of the repository to investigate a bug, or to create a hot fix on top of your latest release.
Once you're satisfied with your work, you can create a pull request to merge your changes in the current branch into another branch. For more information, see "Creating an issue or pull request from GitHub Desktop" and "Sobre solicitação de pull."
You can always create a branch in GitHub Desktop if you have read access to a repository, but you can only push the branch to GitHub if you have write access to the repository.
Os administradores de repositório podem habilitar proteções em um branch. Se estiver trabalhando em um branch que é protegido, não será possível excluir nem forçar o push no branch. Os administradores de repositório podem ativar outras configurações protegidas de branch para aplicar fluxos de trabalho específicos antes que um branch possa ser mesclado. Para obter mais informações, confira "Sobre branches protegidos".
Repository administrators can also enable rulesets. Rulesets can be used to require specific branch names when creating a new branch, or to allow only users with bypass permissions to publish a new branch to the remote repository. GitHub Desktop will show a warning and prevent the branch from being created if the branch does not follow the rulesets. For more information, see "Sobre os conjuntos de regras."
Creating a branch
Tip: The first new branch you create will be based on the default branch. If you have more than one branch, you can choose to base the new branch on the currently checked out branch or the default branch.
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Na parte superior do aplicativo, clique em Branch atual e, na lista, clique no branch no qual deseja basear o novo branch.
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Clique em Novo Branch.
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Na janela "Criar um branch", em "Nome", digite o nome do novo branch.
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Em "Criar branch com base em...", selecione um branch base para o novo branch.
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Clique em Criar Branch.
Creating a branch from a previous commit
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Na barra lateral esquerda, clique em Histórico.
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Right-click on the commit you would like to create a new branch from and select Create Branch from Commit.
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Na janela "Criar um branch", em "Nome", digite o nome do novo branch.
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Clique em Criar Branch.
Publishing a branch
If you create a branch on GitHub, you'll need to publish the branch to make it available for collaboration on GitHub.
- In the repository bar, click Current Branch, then click the branch that you want to publish.
- Click Publish branch.
Switching between branches
You can view and make commits to any of your repository's branches. If you have uncommitted, saved changes, you'll need to decide what to do with your changes before you can switch branches. You can commit your changes on the current branch, stash your changes to temporarily save them on the current branch, or bring the changes to your new branch. If you want to commit your changes before switching branches, see "Committing and reviewing changes to your project in GitHub Desktop."
Tip: You can set a default behavior for switching branches in the Advanced settings. For more information, see "Configuring basic settings in GitHub Desktop."
- In the repository bar, click Current Branch, then click the branch that you want to switch to.
- If you have saved, uncommitted changes, in the "Switch Branch" window, select Leave my changes on CURRENT-BRANCH or Bring my changes to NEW-BRANCH, then click Switch Branch.
Deleting a branch
You can't delete a branch if it's currently associated with an open pull request. You cannot undo deleting a branch.
- Na barra do repositório, clique em Branch Atual e, em seguida, clique no branch que deseja excluir.
- Na barra de menus, clique em Branch e em Excluir... . Você também pode pressionar Shift+Command+D.
- Na barra do repositório, clique em Branch Atual e, em seguida, clique no branch que deseja excluir.
- Na barra de menus, clique em Branch e em Excluir... . Você também pode pressionar Ctrl+Shift+D.
Further reading
- "Clonar um repositório do GitHub para o GitHub Desktop"
- "Glossário do GitHub" in the GitHub glossary
- "Sobre ramificações"
- "Branches in a Nutshell" in the Git documentation
- "Stashing changes in GitHub Desktop"