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Checkout a branch or file to the current working tree in a Git repo.

git checkout is used to update files in the current working tree to a specific version in the index or specified branch.

To restore a file to the version in the index:

git checkout -- <filename>

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$ git checkout --help
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Switching branches into the forked copy

I have recently forked a remote copy of the GIT repository, the remote version has 3 branches development, staging, master. Now i want to get the latest from the remote's staging branch, hence i tried to switch to the local repo's staging branch to…
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Git hub, working on multiple branches

I have 2 feature branches feature1, feature 2 and both are derived from the develop branch. In feature1 I have a few newly created files. Not sure where I am wrong when I branched feature2 from develop branch the new files in feature1 could be seen…
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Why do local changes seem to exist equally in both branches?

I have different branches in my git repo. I checkout a new branch and apply a change. When I checkout back to my master branch, it still shows the change. Similarly, when I stage changes for commit in the new branch, then checkout the master…
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Copying file with its commits to another remote

I am trying to copy the commits of one file to another remote branch. The flow is described in the picture below: The important part is that I would like to keep the history of the commits (so not one merge commit without a reference to who made…
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How to undo checkout in git

I searched as much as I could, but I couldn't find any answers. Right now I am panicking that I've lost everything. I'm working on a project for a php web app, I created some files and then accidentally clicked checkout in soucetree on an earlier…
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git create OR update branch (while checking it out) -- single command

I want to create a new branch and check it out. However, if the branch name I'm creating already exists, I don't want to get an error, I simply want git to update the already existing branch to the point I'm checking it out at. Here is what I'm…
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Why Git allows switch branches and (!!!) doesn't update the working tree after this switching?

Git for Windows 2.5.2. I expect that if the index has the uncommited changes, then Git will disable the checking to other branches. But I see other result. Script of the sample: #!/bin/bash # script.sh # Run this script in the Git Bash. git…
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git: abandon changes to current checked out version

I checked out an earlier version of my project, using: $ git checkout fd4a4a1 The response was: Note: checking out 'fd4a4a1'. You are in 'detached HEAD' state. You can look around, make experimental changes and commit them, and you can discard…
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Should I create my own branch named master?

I can't tell what my current branch is. Is it master? If so, why doesn't git branch does show any information? adminuser@Admin MINGW64 /c/Project/Repo/MyPortal (master) $ git branch adminuser@Admin MINGW64 /c/Project/Repo/MyPortal (master) $ git…
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Checkout a remote branch to view feature deployment

I am using WP Engine's git deploy and have just completed work on a feature that I pushed to the WPE git repo for deployment to staging servers. I would like to view those changes for various reasons like QA and client approval. Now that my…
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git commits c1,c2,c3,c4 head=c4 now checkout to c1 and then again checkout to c4

Suppose, I have committed four commits and they are c1, c2, c3, c4 in order. Now i am checking out c1 commit but then i decide to go back to C4 ( Let's say I have stored the commit ID of c4). Will c2 and c3 commits be reflected if I directly jump…
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how to check out against a remote git repository from command line

I am having trouble understanding exactly how I need to create a local feature branch to put customizations into. I have consulted some online resources which only confuse me further. I have created the remote branch via stash called…
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Git jumping back to history after adding and removing files has different behaviour?

I'm a new comer to git. I found something interesting. Say if I add a file and commit. After I checkout to the previous version, the file doesn't exist as I expected. (Since in the last commit, it hadn't been created) However, if I remove a file and…
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Eclipse: Can't switch branch in Git due to "Checkout conflicts"

Whenever I try to switch to another Git branch in Eclipse this error occurs: Neither stashing or resetting the conflicts solves the problem. The window disappears then and comes back just seconds later. When pressing on cancel the window disappears…
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Checkout all files from a different branch without switching to it?

I have two branches master and limited. From the limited branch I want to checkout all the files that are in the master branch but without actually switching to it. I tried git checkout master *.* but I think by *.* it takes the file names from my…
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