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dolt checkout — Checkout the work tree or tables to a branch or commit. More information: <https://docs.dolthub.com/

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Problem

How to use the dolt checkout command: Checkout the work tree or tables to a branch or commit. More information: <https://docs.dolthub.com/cli-reference/cli#dolt-checkout>.

Solution

dolt checkout — Checkout the work tree or tables to a branch or commit. More information: <https://docs.dolthub.com/cli-reference/cli#dolt-checkout>.

Switch to a branch:

dolt checkout {{branch_name}}

Revert unstaged changes to a table:

dolt checkout {{table}}

Create new branch and switch to it:

dolt checkout -b {{branch_name}}

Create new branch based on a specified commit and switch to it:

dolt checkout -b {{branch_name}} {{commit}}

Code Snippets

Switch to a branch

dolt checkout {{branch_name}}

Revert unstaged changes to a table

dolt checkout {{table}}

Create new branch and switch to it

dolt checkout -b {{branch_name}}

Create new branch based on a specified commit and switch to it

dolt checkout -b {{branch_name}} {{commit}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/dolt checkout

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