# Create a git branch (/git--branch)

/git--branch is a Claude Code skill in the Code section. Creates a well-named branch that follows your team conventions, like type/description or type/TICKET-description.

- Web version: https://skills.sgomez.dev/en/s/git--branch
- Section: [Code](https://skills.sgomez.dev/en/code.md)
- Author: Santiago Gómez de la Torre
- License: MIT
- Source: https://github.com/sgomez-dev/claude-skills/blob/main/skills/git/branch.md
- Updated 26 Mar 2026

## How to ask for it

- `/git--branch create a branch for the social login feature`
- `/git--branch I need a branch to fix the checkout bug`
- `/git--branch create a branch following our naming convention`

## Install

macOS · Linux:

```
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sgomez-dev/claude-skills/main/install.sh | bash
```

Windows:

```
irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sgomez-dev/claude-skills/main/install.ps1 | iex
```

Claude Code plugin:

```
/plugin marketplace add sgomez-dev/claude-skills
/plugin install git-skills@claude-skills-collection
```

## Permissions

- Reads: `.git/**`
- Writes: —
- Runs: `git branch`, `git checkout`, `git switch`
- Network: No
- Destructive: No

## Author's description

Create a well-named git branch following team conventions

- [How we review this](https://skills.sgomez.dev/en/methodology.md)