4 files changed, 64 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/lib/git/base.rb b/lib/git/base.rb
index 46c75eb..342d535 100644
--- a/lib/git/base.rb
+++ b/lib/git/base.rb
@@ -124,6 +124,11 @@ module Git
       Git::Branches.new(self)
     end
     
+    def branch(branch_name = 'master')
+      Git::Branch.new(self, branch_name)
+    end
+
+    
     def lib
       Git::Lib.new(self)
     end
@@ -162,6 +167,10 @@ module Git
       opts = {:add_all => true}.merge(opts)
       self.lib.commit(message, opts)
     end
+
+    def checkout(branch, opts = {})
+      self.lib.checkout(branch, opts)
+    end
     
     # convenience methods
     
diff --git a/lib/git/branch.rb b/lib/git/branch.rb
index bf4d80a..3d8337b 100644
--- a/lib/git/branch.rb
+++ b/lib/git/branch.rb
@@ -1,16 +1,15 @@
 module Git
   class Branch < Path
     
-    attr_accessor :full, :remote, :name, :current
+    attr_accessor :full, :remote, :name
     
     @base = nil
     @gcommit = nil
     
-    def initialize(base, name, current = false)
+    def initialize(base, name)
       @remote = nil
       @full = name
       @base = base
-      @current = current
       
       parts = name.split('/')
       if parts[1]
@@ -26,5 +25,36 @@ module Git
       @gcommit
     end
     
+    def checkout
+      check_if_create
+      @base.lib.checkout(@name)
+    end
+    
+    def create
+      check_if_create
+    end
+    
+    def delete
+      @base.lib.branch_delete(@name)
+    end
+    
+    def current
+      determine_current
+    end
+    
+    def to_s
+      @name
+    end
+    
+    private 
+
+      def check_if_create
+        @base.lib.branch_new(@name) rescue nil
+      end
+      
+      def determine_current
+        @base.lib.branch_current == @name
+      end
+    
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/git/branches.rb b/lib/git/branches.rb
index 72dff0a..47d001a 100644
--- a/lib/git/branches.rb
+++ b/lib/git/branches.rb
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ module Git
       @base = base
             
       @base.lib.branches_all.each do |b|
-        @branches[b[0]] = Git::Branch.new(@base, b[0], b[1])
+        @branches[b[0]] = Git::Branch.new(@base, b[0])
       end
     end
 
diff --git a/lib/git/lib.rb b/lib/git/lib.rb
index bc40e0c..41b3efb 100644
--- a/lib/git/lib.rb
+++ b/lib/git/lib.rb
@@ -93,6 +93,11 @@ module Git
       arr
     end
 
+    def branch_current
+      branches_all.select { |b| b[1] }.first[0] rescue nil
+    end
+
+
     # returns hash
     # [tree-ish] = [[line_no, match], [line_no, match2]]
     # [tree-ish] = [[line_no, match], [line_no, match2]]
@@ -235,6 +240,22 @@ module Git
       command('reset', arr_opts)
     end
 
+
+    def branch_new(branch)
+      command('branch', branch)
+    end
+    
+    def branch_delete(branch)
+      command('branch', ['-d', branch])
+    end
+    
+    def checkout(branch, opts = {})
+      arr_opts = []
+      arr_opts << '-f' if opts[:force]
+      arr_opts << branch.to_s
+      
+      command('checkout', arr_opts)
+    end
     
     private