What is the difference between “git branch” and “git checkout -b”?

Question

I used git checkout -b to create a new branch. I think that git branch does the same thing. How do these two commands differ, if they differ at all

Answer 1

• git branch: Shows all your branches
• git branch newbranch: Creates a new branch
• git checkout -b newbranch: Creates a new branch and switches to that branch immediately. This is the same as git branch newbranch followed by git checkout newbranch.