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git checkout — Checkout a branch or paths to the working tree. More information: <https://git-scm.com/docs/git-chec

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Problem

How to use the git checkout command: Checkout a branch or paths to the working tree. More information: <https://git-scm.com/docs/git-checkout>.

Solution

git checkout — Checkout a branch or paths to the working tree. More information: <https://git-scm.com/docs/git-checkout>.

Create and switch to a new branch:
git checkout -b {{branch_name}}


Create and switch to a new branch based on a specific reference (branch, remote/branch, tag are examples of valid references):
git checkout -b {{branch_name}} {{reference}}


Switch to an existing local branch:
git checkout {{branch_name}}


Switch to the previously checked out branch:
git checkout -


Switch to an existing remote branch:
git checkout {{[-t|--track]}} {{remote_name}}/{{branch_name}}


Discard all unstaged changes in the current directory (see git reset for more undo-like commands):
git checkout .


Discard unstaged changes to a given file:
git checkout {{path/to/file}}


Replace a file in the current directory with the version of it committed in a given branch:
git checkout {{branch_name}} -- {{path/to/file}}

Code Snippets

Create and switch to a new branch

git checkout -b {{branch_name}}

Create and switch to a new branch based on a specific reference (branch, remote/branch, tag are examples of valid references)

git checkout -b {{branch_name}} {{reference}}

Switch to an existing local branch

git checkout {{branch_name}}

Switch to the previously checked out branch

git checkout -

Switch to an existing remote branch

git checkout {{[-t|--track]}} {{remote_name}}/{{branch_name}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/git checkout

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