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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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It there a built in Git command for checking out a Git ref or branch into a non git directory?

I am compiling source from a local git mirror in a separate directory, ie I don't do any work in the Git directory, I just need the source code from it. Of course I go into the Git directory, check out the ref I want and copy it into the…
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How can a git checkout or deployment avoid overwriting non source code files and directories in the working directory?

I am currently using Git locally for my current Drupal installation, and I want to convert to working from a remote repository which I will clone for use in a development installation. If after testing the updates and upgrades on the development…
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Git refuses to track or otherwise recognize the remote branch

git fetch origin doesn't get the new branch, and thus --track always fails, no matter what I try. https://gist.github.com/dubslow/dab61346cc06d6b9cf7b That's ^ everything I've tried. You'll note that I tried all the commands in the related question…
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Understanding git behavior on a checkout; expected an error on a checkout but did not get one

My question is on git behavior on checkout and here are the steps to elucidate the behavior I do not understand. I make a dir testdir with files foo and bar each with a single line of text. I do the following: git init git add . git commit git…
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How can I retrieve git remote branches?

I'm clearly missing something since I am unable to fetch the remote branch I need on the server from the git repo I've been working with locally. On my local dev environment I run git remote -v and it gives me: origin git@git.example.com:the_repo…
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Server to test my app

I am trying to upload my app on Heroku, but when I clone it from Github I get the following errors: error: unable to create a file (Permission denied) fatal: unable to checkout working tree warning: Clone succeeded but checkout failed Maybe the…
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What does a message starting with D mean when doing a Git checkout?

When I checkout checkout the branch I'm currently working on (after switching back to master for a moment), I get this message. C:\wamp\www\budgeteer\v4>git checkout various D static/src/app/project/collaborators/collaborators.html D …
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How can partial changes from a previous commit be retrieved?

I have the following scenario on a Git branch. Commit 1: file1, file2, file3 added. Commit 2: file1, file3 changed. Commit 3: file2 changed. Commit 4: file3 changed. I now have uncommitted changes in file2, and I would like to retrieve some…
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Git checkout files dont sync

I made a git init in my project folder on my computer that I then pushed to my github repo. But when I do a git checkout -b bla_bla edit some files, then do a git checkout master to get back to master, my files will still be changed from when I was…
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get all historical versions of a file in a git repo

I'd like to retrieve all the historical versions of a file in a git repo, and save them into multiple files. I am thinking of making a script to checkout all the commit tags one by one and save the target file, but is there any easier way to do…
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How to checkout project in my local machine(windows 8) from git repo and i am using bitbuket & source tree

I want checkout project from git repo. and i am using bitbucket repo. i am using this command git clone https://test@bitbucket.org/abc/xyz.git and cloning start see attached: but i don't know this cloning/checkout is where to store in my local And…
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Can't get rid of unwanted file change

First, my develop is clear, git status is clear. When I do pull origin develop followed by git status, it's shown below On branch develop Your branch is up-to-date with 'origin/develop'. Changes not staged for commit: (use "git add ..."…
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Need to delete all bower components and do fresh bower install on every checkout

Every time I checkout a new branch, then switch back to the branch I was working on, I run into a long list of missing module errors in my JS console. The missing modules are all bower components. If I delete my bower_components folder, then do a…
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Why can I still see local modifications after switching branches?

I have a problem with Git for Windows. I have two branches in one project: master and membership. The problem is that, when I modify a file in the membership branch and switch back to master, I still have the modification. The membership branch is a…
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List of SHAs that are possible for checkout in git

I would like a complete list of SHAs that are available/possible to pass to the checkout operation git checkout similar to what I am getting from git log --pretty=oneline but a complete listing. Here is a simple run…
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