git town append

git town append [--prototype] <branch-name>

The append command creates a new feature branch with the given name as a direct child of the current branch and brings over all uncommitted changes to the new branch.

When running without uncommitted changes in your workspace, it also syncs the current branch to ensure your work in the new branch happens on top of the current state of the repository. If the workspace contains uncommitted changes, git town append does not perform this sync to let you commit your open changes first and then sync manually.

Positional argument

When given a non-existing branch name, git town append creates a new feature branch with the main branch as its parent.

Consider this branch setup:

main
 \
* feature-1

We are on the feature-1 branch. After running git town append feature-2, our repository will have this branch setup:

main
 \
  feature-1
   \
*   feature-2

--detached / -d

The --detached aka -d flag does not pull updates from the main or perennial branch. This allows you to build out your branch stack and decide when to pull in changes from other developers.

--dry-run

Use the --dry-run flag to test-drive this command. It prints the Git commands that would be run but doesn't execute them.

--prototype / -p

Adding the --prototype aka -p switch creates a prototype branch).

--verbose / -v

The --verbose aka -v flag prints all Git commands run under the hood to determine the repository state.

Configuration

If push-new-branches is set, git town append also creates the tracking branch for the new feature branch. This behavior is disabled by default to make git town append run fast and save CI runs. The first run of git town sync will create the remote tracking branch.

If the configuration setting new-branch-type is set, git town append creates a branch with the given type.