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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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Should .git contain all files? How do I fix problems?

I have a plain copy backup of a .git directory. I don't have the actual files outside of the .git directory in the backup (git status shows that all files would be deleted on commit), only the actual .git directory. When I do git checkout master, I…
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git checkout only those files which were commited during the concrete commit

I have a branch detached from head in my repo where I add folder under the same name with different files in it. Every time when I want to commit something I manually delete the folder in my repository and add the new one with the same name but the…
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git switch and come back to/from an older state

I need to switch to an older commit to check an older functionality of our program that has been later removed. For that I checkout the corresponding commit: git checkout 367af0345d0b09ab3ade1c7856462f68e5eafe86 Then I change some code about this…
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Git checkout brings unstaged files

I ran in to this particular situation I did a git clone on a new folder on my local for the master branch , when I do git status it shows modified: sites/all/themes/DIR/css/style.css # modified: sites/all/themes/DIR/css/style1.css # …
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Get "git checkout tag" to produce the same output as "git pull" diff list

I was just wondering if there's some sort of tag or parameter that we can provide to a git checkout tags/{tag_name} call that would provide an output similar to a regular git pull. I'm just looking for a single command to do a diff of the current…
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Cloning remote Git repo on Linux machine to an OS X machine results in files with typechange state

I have a working copy directory and lots of its files are being marked as having "typechange" status. Here is the problem I'm having: $ rm -rf sample-data/ $ git checkout -- sample-data/ $ git status On branch master Changes not staged for…
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Git checkout first time versus subsequent uses

So, i am at my master branch working. I issue : git checkout -b branch1 This will create a new branch named branch1 and will make it identical to my current branch master. Git does this "mirroring" only the first time that i run it? Every…
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How to force Git to abort a checkout if working directory is not clean (i.e. disregarding the check for conflicts)?

When you do a git checkout some_branch, and your working directory is not clean, then Git will check if the checkout will result in any conflicts, and if so it will abort with: $ git checkout some_branch error: Your local changes to the following…
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Check out from Version Control is no longer available in Android Studio

Suddenly on my Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit PC Android Studio version 0.5.1 no longer has an "active" Check out from Version Control link on its main page. Any suggestions about how I might get that link to become active again, or what I might have…
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Git: How does git decide which files to delete during checkouts?

One thing about Git that I'm trying to understand is how it deals with files which aren't tracked, or which weren't tracked but now are committed. Here's an example: echo "one" > one.txt git add one.txt git commit -m "#1" So, "one.txt" is in the…
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GIT - Fail to checkout to other branch when nothing to commit - when file is in gitignore

Trying to checkout to another branch I have a .gitignore file with .someFile trying to checkout to another branch fails even when i dont have any changes dev@cool:~/proj/source$ git status # On branch master nothing to commit, working directory…
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How to fix multiple faulty merges?

We have a rather complicated situation in our Git repository. We have two teams working on the same software. One team is doing maintenance on the 3.0 version, while another team is doing a long running project, which will lead to version 3.1 to be…
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Open specific version of Git repo in explorer

Is there a way to open a version of a Git repository within Windows explorer? I only see the current state in my explorer but I want to see a specific version. There must be a way with Git.
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Is there a form to do checkout of a specific folder from other branch to my branch by git?

I'm working with git and each developer has yours branches with new features separately, so I want just merge a piece of code (folder) to my branch.
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https and http alternating on HTML forms every other git push (and post-receive git checkout -f)

I have a web site that is using Laravel and using Git to push changes from my local laptop to Live (apache) web server. The server runs as a VPS. I have an issue that seems to be occuring consistently with every other Git push. With web pages that…
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