git branch hierarchy issue

Question

I am still pretty noob in Git but probably after reading articles after articles, I seem to have raise doubt in my understanding and I am not sure if I am understanding it right...

• Anyway I have 2 branches, Master and Develop (both created using git branch) As I created the Master branch first, followed by Develop, can I presume that this 2 branches are 2 standalone branches (see below) or is Develop under the Master?

  Stand-Alone?    Hierarchy?
  Master  --      | Master
  Develop --      |   \-- Develop
  

I was under the impression it should be standalone, until when I run git show-branch, it is displaying the results as (Notice the space in front of the [Master]):

[Develop] Creation of new Branch 
 [Master] Build of new Project

• If I am to create new (feature) branches, using Develop as my base,do I need to set it to the Develop branch first, otherwise can it be done from any branches?

• Lastly is it possible to view the branches in the terminal in the following format:

  Master
     Develop
        newBranch01
           ...
  

Answer 1

2 standalone branches (see below) or is Develop under the Master?

Neither.

Commits matter. Branch names don't. Focus on the commits. Branch and tag names are an afterthought, a trivial convenience. git log --graph --decorate --oneline --all and git show-branch will show you the history in two different representations, each has advantages.