Git and Release Branch

[ninetydegrees]

Could someone please explain this entry in simpler terms, preferably with detailed steps? I just don't get it because I have no release branch not stemming from develop so I'm not sure how I should go about creating it (the command given in the entry doesn't work for me obviously as branches on hack are only develop and master).

Comments

[kareila]

The release branches won't be automatically created in your fork; you'll have to do the "checkout -b" step (next to last line in the entry you linked) to get a copy of the branch you want to work on, before you can work on it and submit your pull request. And before you do that, you'll need to "git fetch" to make sure you've downloaded the most current state from the main repository, so that it knows about the newest branches.

Hope that helps! I have to run and get my boys but I'll be around later if you're still stuck.