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title: Creating a Feature Branch
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# Creating a feature/bug branch

When you are working on a bug, feature, or improvement, you will need to
create a branch.

Generally, it can be helpful to prefix a branch name with `feature` or `bug` to
denote what kind of code a reviewer can expect to find on the branch.

For features or improvement, you should create a branch as follows:

```
git checkout -b feature/that-new-feature
```

For a bug branch, you should do as follows:

```
git checkout -b bug/fixing-that-bug
```