How to create a new remote branch with EGit?

Question

Let's say I have an Eclipse Project which uses versioning control with EGit and is connected with a remote repository [email protected]:git2013. In my project, under the local branch newstuff, I create and change some files. Now, I want to push this to a remote branch named newstuff in my remote repository. But my remote repository only holds a branch master.

How do I create a new remote branch called newstuff?

PS: Please do not answer with command-line git commands; describe how to do it in EGit.

Answer 1

You can follow the section "Configuring upstream push " in order to push a given branch:

Pushing a branch which doesn't exist yet on a remote repo will create it on said remote.

You can specify the refspec you want to use, or use Push ref specification.

That above would push all local branches.

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Update December 2013 (Egit 3.2): as mentioned in robinst's answer (upvoted), you now have:

Push Branch / Initial Push wizard simplifies pushing a branch and also allows upstream configuration for new branches created by the push operation.
Improve UI of upstream configuration when creating a branch: