Similar to svn copy in Git?

Question

git

How to make a branch in Git to a subfolder of a repository or to a set of individual files?

Answer 1

git checkout -b new_branch
git rm -rf redundant
git commit -am 'w00t'
right? did not work with swami. why might this be required?

Answer 2

No way

Answer 3

branches do not
work globally