When you run git checkout <something>, Git tries to guess whether <something> is intended to be a branch, a commit, or a set of file (s), and then either switches to that branch or commit, or restores …

git checkout <branch> To prepare for working on <branch>, switch to it by updating the index and the files in the working tree, and by pointing HEAD at the branch. Local modifications to the files in the …

Figure 18. A simple commit history You’ve decided that you’re going to work on issue #53 in whatever issue-tracking system your company uses. To create a new branch and switch to it at the same time, …

DESCRIPTION Met à jour les fichiers dans l’arbre de travail pour correspondre à la version dans l’index ou dans l’arbre spécifié. Si aucun spécificateur de chemin n’est fourni, git checkout met aussi à jour …

You can use the @{-<N>} syntax to refer to the <N> -th last branch/commit switched to using git switch or git checkout operation. You may also specify - which is synonymous to @{-1}. This is often used …

The following description divides the low-level commands into commands that manipulate objects (in the repository, index, and working tree), commands that interrogate and compare objects, and …

git config help bugreport Credential helpers Getting and Creating Projects init clone Basic Snapshotting add status diff commit notes restore reset rm mv Branching and Merging branch checkout switch …

The VFS uses sparse-checkout to prevent Git from writing or paying attention to many files, and manually updates the sparse checkout patterns itself based on user access and modification of files …

git checkout The git checkout command is used to switch branches and check content out into your working directory. We first encounter the command in Switching Branches along with the git branch …

The command line option takes precedence over the configuration variable. If neither is given, a checkout is performed. (note: what is in .gitmodules file is irrelevant at this point; see git submodule …