Working with Azure DevOps Repo Branches

Learn how to work with Azure DevOps Repo branches.

COMMON QUESTIONS
What are branches in Azure DevOps?
Feature branches isolate work in progress from the completed work in the main branch. Git branches are inexpensive to create and maintain. Even small fixes and changes should have their own feature branch. Creating feature branches for all your changes makes reviewing history simple.

How do I see all Azure DevOps branches?
From your web browser, open the team project for your Azure DevOps organization. In the Repos --- Branches view, select the ellipsis for any branch and choose Compare branches to open the Branch compare view.

How do I create a branch in Azure DevOps?
You can create branches in Azure Repos Git repos, GitHub repos, or other hosted Git repos.

Why do we create a branch?
Creating a new branch allows you to isolate your changes from the master branch. If your experimentation goes well you always have the option to merge your changes into the master branch. If things don't go so well you can always discard the branch or keep it within your local repository.

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