github - Cleanup git master branch and move some commit to new branch

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$ git branch old_master 

$ git checkout old_master $ git push origin old_master 

$ git checkout master $ git reset --hard 037hadh527bn 

$ git pull upstream master 

$ git push origin :master 

$ git push origin master 

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git branch mywork-orig master 

git reset --hard origin/master 

git checkout -b mywork 

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# make sure we're in master git checkout master # create new branch from current master git branch tmp_master # grab most recent changes from upstream w/o applying them git fetch upstream # force reset local master to match upstream/master git reset --hard upstream/master 

git push -f origin master