Working branches

Use -b, -n, and -B for pull-request workflows.

-b names the local branch to operate on. init creates that branch and rejects an existing name. Other commands require an existing branch, unless you pass -n (where supported) to create one.

# Update remote-tracking branches (including origin/artifacts)
git fetch origin

# Create a working branch from the fetched artifacts tip and save a change
git artifact save -b artifacts-update-auth -n -B origin/artifacts auth-redesign

# Add another commit to the existing working branch
git artifact save -b artifacts-update-auth auth-redesign

# Publish the working branch for a pull request
git push origin artifacts-update-auth

Create a pull request from artifacts-update-auth to artifacts using your hosting service. If -B is omitted, new branches start from the local artifacts branch. -n requires an explicit -b and fails if that branch already exists. -B requires -n.

The same -b / -n / -B options apply to new, save, describe, and delete. Prefer names such as artifacts-update-auth; Git cannot have both artifacts and artifacts/update-auth.