Move the most recent commit(s) to a new branch with Git

Question

I\'d like to move the last several commits I\'ve committed to master to a new branch and take master back to before those commits were made. Unfortunately, my Git-fu is not

Answer 1

Yet another way to do this, using just 2 commands. Also keeps your current working tree intact.

git checkout -b newbranch # switch to a new branch
git branch -f master HEAD~3 # make master point to some older commit

Old version - before I learned about git branch -f

git checkout -b newbranch # switch to a new branch
git push . +HEAD~3:master # make master point to some older commit 

Being able to push to . is a nice trick to know.