# workroom base set

> Start new workrooms from BRANCH.

This page describes a feature only in Nightly builds.

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```text
workroom base set BRANCH [flags]
```

## Options

```text
      --global           The default for every project that names no base branch
  -h, --help             help for set
      --project string   Project directory (defaults to the current directory)
```

## Options inherited from parent commands

```text
      --json      Emit machine-readable JSON (exactly one object on stdout)
  -p, --pretend   Run through the command without making changes (dry run)
  -v, --verbose   Print detailed and verbose output
```

## See also

* [workroom base](/workroom/docs/cli/workroom-base.md)	 - Set or clear the branch new workrooms start from