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

To do this without rewriting history (i.e. if you've already pushed the commits):

git checkout master
git revert 
git checkout -b new-branch
git cherry-pick 

Both branches can then be pushed without force!