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