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# Work with Branches in GitHub and SAP Web IDE
<!-- description --> Create branches in GitHub, switch branches and update application in a different branch in SAP Web IDE.

## Prerequisites
- **IMPORTANT**: This tutorial cannot be completed on a trial account


## You will learn  
  - How your collaborators can create branches in GitHub
  - How to switch to the other branch in SAP Web IDE
  - How to make changes and commit the changes to the other branch

## Intro
>This tutorial is written from a **collaborator's** point of view.


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### Log into your SAP Cloud Platform cockpit


Go to [https://account.hanatrial.ondemand.com](https://account.hanatrial.ondemand.com) and log into your SAP Cloud Platform cockpit.


### Open SAP Web IDE


To open SAP Web IDE, click the **Services** tab in the navigation bar, scroll down and click the **SAP Web IDE** tile to open the SAP Web IDE service page.

![Find SAP Web IDE](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sap-tutorials/Tutorials/master/tutorials/webide-github-branching/p5_2.png)

Click **Go to Service**.


### Create a local branch


Create a branch to which you will make the changes, as follows.

1. Select your project in the workspace.

2. Open the Git pane on the right-hand side.

3. Click the **+** icon next to the branch label to create a branch.

    ![Create a branch](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sap-tutorials/Tutorials/master/tutorials/webide-github-branching/p5_4a.png)

4. Give the branch a suitable name, and then click **OK**.

    ![Branch details](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sap-tutorials/Tutorials/master/tutorials/webide-github-branching/p5_4b.png)

The branch is created and the branch that you are working with is displayed in the Git pane.

![Branch created](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sap-tutorials/Tutorials/master/tutorials/webide-github-branching/p5_4c.png)

>This creates a local branch, in SAP Web ID#E, but does not change the repository on GitHub.


### Create a remote branch


Right-click your project in the workspace, then select **Git > Create Remote Branch**.

Enter a name for the branch, like `m1`, and click **Create**.

![Create remote branch](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sap-tutorials/Tutorials/master/tutorials/webide-github-branching/CreateRemoteBranch.png)


### Commit and push changes


Since this branch is dedicated to milestone `m1,` which has 2 issues to be targeted, you will implement the changes for each of these in separate commits.

For `issue#1` you will do changes in `S3_PurchaseOrderDetails.view.xml` to remove the `OrderedByName` entry.

Notice that when you save the changes, the Git pane shows the file that was changed. To commit the changes to the repository, select the **Stage** checkbox, enter a change description, and then click **Commit**.

> GitHub will automatically close an issue if your commit message includes [certain keywords](https://help.github.com/articles/closing-issues-via-commit-messages/) once this change is merged into the master branch. You will see this in the next tutorial.


![Add change description](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sap-tutorials/Tutorials/master/tutorials/webide-github-branching/p5_5b.png)

Click **Commit**  to commit changes to the local repository.

Click **Push** and select **Remote branch**, then select the `m1` branch to push the changes to GitHub.

![Push to GitHub remote branch](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sap-tutorials/Tutorials/master/tutorials/webide-github-branching/p5_5c.png)



### Check branch on GitHub


Now if you check the `m1` branch on the GitHub organization repository, you will see that the push has been completed and the changes are seen on GitHub.

![Push to GitHub remote branch is successful](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sap-tutorials/Tutorials/master/tutorials/webide-github-branching/p5_6.png)



### Commit and push additional changes


Similarly you can address other remaining issues targeted for `m1` milestone and commit and push the changes.