From http://nvie.com/posts/a-successful-git-branching-model/ Start a new Branch. AND OTHER AUTO MAGIC THINGS AS ALIAIS

.gitconfig

[core]
	editor = gedit -w

 [color]
    ui = auto
  [color "branch"]
    current = yellow reverse
    local = yellow
    remote = green
  [color "diff"]
    meta = yellow bold
    frag = magenta bold
    old = red bold
    new = green bold
  [color "status"]
    added = yellow
    changed = green
    untracked = cyan
  [color "diff"]
    whitespace = red reverse
  [core]
    whitespace=fix,-indent-with-non-tab,trailing-space,cr-at-eol

[credential]
	helper = cache --timeout=3600

[alias]
cm = !git add -p && git commit && git pull && git push
addDev = !git pull && git push && git checkout -b dev master && git push origin dev
startfeature = !git pull && git push && git checkout -b "$1" "$2" && echo "You made a new branch from another. Now implement the new feature."
finishfeature= !git pull && git push && git checkout "$2" && git pull origin "$2" && git merge --no-ff "$1" && git branch -d "$1" && git push origin "$2"

featureBranch.GITALIAS

$ git checkout -b myfeature develop
Switched to a new branch "myfeature"

Add this:

[alias]
  featureBranch= !git pull development && git checkout -b "$1" development


To your gitconfig so you can alias it.