create-a-git-branch

Features and purpose

Enhances Claude Code branch creation with mainline detection, conventional naming, and base branch awareness. Integrates with standard git workflows—adds automatic base branch detection, naming convention inference, and remote sync before creating branches. Use for 'create branch', 'new branch', 'start branch for', 'feature branch', 'work on'.

Quick start

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