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

How can I go from this

A - B - C - D - E 
                |
                master

to this?

A - B - C - D - E 
    |           |
    master      newbranch

With two commands

• git branch -m master newbranch

giving

A - B - C - D - E 
                |
                newbranch

and

• git branch master B

giving

A - B - C - D - E
    |           |
    master      newbranch