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<h1>Git: Create Branch Dialog Box</h1>
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<p>The Create a Branch dialog box enables you to create a local branch, if you want to work on a separate version of your file system without disturbing the main trunk.
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<p>The Create Branch dialog box contains the following elements:</p>
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<td align="left" id="r2c1-t21" headers="r1c1-t21">Branch Name</td>
<td align="left" headers="r2c1-t21 r1c2-t21">Specify the name of the branch being created.</td>
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<td align="left" id="r3c1-t21" headers="r1c1-t21">Revision</td>
<td align="left" headers="r3c1-t21 r1c2-t21">Type a specific revision of the selected item by entering a commit ID, existing branch, or tag name. Alternatively, clicking Select to open the Select Revision dialog box where you can view the list of revisions maintained in the repository and choose the required one.</td>
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<p>Commit ID</p>
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<td align="left" headers="r4c1-t21 r1c2-t21">A unique identifier of the branched revision.</td>
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<td align="left" headers="r5c1-t21 r1c2-t21">Name of a person who committed the revision.</td>
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<td align="left" headers="r6c1-t21 r1c2-t21">A message specified during the commit of the revision.</td>
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<p>To add a branch to the repository, click <b>Create</b>.</p>
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