diff --git a/extensions/git/package.json b/extensions/git/package.json
index 9c4fda1baebab001f31779bb3a64465e23cf86ab..daf74ad475be8dbcf7baca88f182e0698f5d073a 100644
--- a/extensions/git/package.json
+++ b/extensions/git/package.json
@@ -119,6 +119,16 @@
         "title": "Undo Last Commit",
         "category": "Git"
       },
+      {
+        "command": "git.checkout",
+        "title": "Checkout to...",
+        "category": "Git"
+      },
+      {
+        "command": "git.branch",
+        "title": "Create Branch...",
+        "category": "Git"
+      },
       {
         "command": "git.pull",
         "title": "Pull",
diff --git a/extensions/git/src/commands.ts b/extensions/git/src/commands.ts
index 71372a50a37889a62498280d417f8352a1ba5d11..fedc616db14a574ad0712046052533a1eee0db13 100644
--- a/extensions/git/src/commands.ts
+++ b/extensions/git/src/commands.ts
@@ -295,6 +295,36 @@ export class CommandCenter {
 		return await this.model.clean(...this.model.workingTreeGroup.resources);
 	}
 
+	@CommandCenter.Command('git.commitStaged')
+	@CommandCenter.CatchErrors
+	async commitStaged(): Promise<void> {
+		await Promise.reject('not implemented');
+	}
+
+	@CommandCenter.Command('git.commitStagedSigned')
+	@CommandCenter.CatchErrors
+	async commitStagedSigned(): Promise<void> {
+		await Promise.reject('not implemented');
+	}
+
+	@CommandCenter.Command('git.commitAll')
+	@CommandCenter.CatchErrors
+	async commitAll(): Promise<void> {
+		await Promise.reject('not implemented');
+	}
+
+	@CommandCenter.Command('git.commitAllSigned')
+	@CommandCenter.CatchErrors
+	async commitAllSigned(): Promise<void> {
+		await Promise.reject('not implemented');
+	}
+
+	@CommandCenter.Command('git.undoCommit')
+	@CommandCenter.CatchErrors
+	async undoCommit(): Promise<void> {
+		await Promise.reject('not implemented');
+	}
+
 	@CommandCenter.Command('git.checkout')
 	@CommandCenter.CatchErrors
 	async checkout(): Promise<void> {
@@ -323,34 +353,20 @@ export class CommandCenter {
 		await choice.run(this.model);
 	}
 
-	@CommandCenter.Command('git.commitStaged')
-	@CommandCenter.CatchErrors
-	async commitStaged(): Promise<void> {
-		await Promise.reject('not implemented');
-	}
-
-	@CommandCenter.Command('git.commitStagedSigned')
-	@CommandCenter.CatchErrors
-	async commitStagedSigned(): Promise<void> {
-		await Promise.reject('not implemented');
-	}
-
-	@CommandCenter.Command('git.commitAll')
+	@CommandCenter.Command('git.branch')
 	@CommandCenter.CatchErrors
-	async commitAll(): Promise<void> {
-		await Promise.reject('not implemented');
-	}
+	async branch(): Promise<void> {
+		const result = await window.showInputBox({
+			placeHolder: 'Branch name',
+			prompt: 'Please provide a branch name'
+		});
 
-	@CommandCenter.Command('git.commitAllSigned')
-	@CommandCenter.CatchErrors
-	async commitAllSigned(): Promise<void> {
-		await Promise.reject('not implemented');
-	}
+		if (!result) {
+			return;
+		}
 
-	@CommandCenter.Command('git.undoCommit')
-	@CommandCenter.CatchErrors
-	async undoCommit(): Promise<void> {
-		await Promise.reject('not implemented');
+		const name = result.replace(/^\.|\/\.|\.\.|~|\^|:|\/$|\.lock$|\.lock\/|\\|\*|\s|^\s*$|\.$/g, '-');
+		await this.model.branch(name);
 	}
 
 	@CommandCenter.Command('git.pull')
diff --git a/extensions/git/src/model.ts b/extensions/git/src/model.ts
index c874b8c21806d2460c32b94fad296a66ee13904f..91df39977b0d5985be8d7617a04c12e4cb64b190 100644
--- a/extensions/git/src/model.ts
+++ b/extensions/git/src/model.ts
@@ -322,6 +322,11 @@ export class Model {
 		await this.update();
 	}
 
+	async branch(name: string): Promise<void> {
+		await this.repository.branch(name, true);
+		await this.update();
+	}
+
 	async checkout(treeish: string): Promise<void> {
 		await this.repository.checkout(treeish, []);
 		await this.update();