Go back in time and create branch?

Question

I'm trying to do the following thing in git:

1. Go back a few commits (master branch)
2. Create a new branch
3. Restore the latest commit on the master branch (go forward)

The order is not important, it could be done like:

1. Create a new branch and switch to it
2. Go back a few commits (erase them from the branch history)

How can I do this?

Answer 1

I'm not sure i understand. What's wrong with:

git branch newbranch $ID_OF_BRANCH_POINT

?