Git Branching Tutorials

[cflagg]

https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Branching-Basic-Branching-and-Merging

Text within angular brackets indicates a user specified word or variable, and should not actually be typed when trying out examples. Text outside of angular brackets should be typed literally i.e. as they appear exactly.

• List local branches

  • git branch

• List all branches, local and remote

  • git branch -a

• Create a new branch

  • git branch <new_branch_name>

• Switch to branch

  • git checkout <new_branch_name>

• Create a branch from another branch (i.e. copy files), including from the master branch

  • git checkout -b <new_branch_name> <existing_branch_name>

• Branches behave just like the master when you change code and commit those changes e.g.

  • git add .
  • git commit -m <"message">
  • git push origin master
  • or git push origin <branch_name>

[scoyoc]

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