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git checkout

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Checkout a branch or paths to the working tree.

Options (1)

-t, --trackboolean

Switch to an existing remote branch

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

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