Branch Investigation

git branch --show-current
git status --short
git fetch --all
git branch -vv
git rev-list --count <main-branch>..HEAD 2>/dev/null || echo "0"  # Check CLAUDE.md for main branch name

Report: current branch, uncommitted changes, remote sync status, commits ahead of main.

Branch Creation

git fetch origin <base-branch>
git checkout -b <new-branch> origin/<base-branch>