title: Git ahead of master, how to put the changes into a new local branch?
body: <p>I'm in the </p>
  
  <pre><code>Your branch is ahead of 'origin/master' by 2 commits.
  (use "git push" to publish your local commits)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>state after making and committing some changes in my local master branch.</p>
  
  <p>How do I pick off the local changes into a new branch?</p>
  
  <p>My desired outcome is: local/master is synchronized with origin/master, and I have a local branch with the two commits in it.</p>