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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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Jenkins GIT plugin: passing environment variables

I'm using git checkout as checkout scmGit( branches: [[name: 'stable-3.x']], userRemoteConfigs: [[url: 'https://github.com/jenkinsci/git-plugin.git']]) I need to set an environment variable which should be used in a post-checkout hooks. I…
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What is the difference between "git reset --hard HEAD~1" and "git checkout ."?

I'm currently learning git, and I have issue what exactly do these commands do? git reset --hard HEAD~1 git checkout . What's the difference between the two? They both permanently delete the last commit, as I understand. I think that there is a…
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removing untracked change from git

I would appreciate if you help me in this problem I have with git. I am new with working with that. I need to remove untracked change from git. I have already tried "git checkout ." and " git restore .", but those are not working always. Is there…
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How to keep changes if I want to checkout to another branch but I don't want to commit yet?

Let's say I'm on branch A and I do some changes on the branch. For some reason, I need to check out to branch B But the problem is I don't wanna commit them yet. I just wanna keep them without committing them. I already tried stashing using git add…
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Git: checkout out most recent commit vs checkout out name of branch?

I just did a git commit, then did git checkout , then did git checkout . It then said I was in a detached HEAD state. I think I read somewhere that instead of doing git checkout I should do…
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Can I revert to a previous version of just one file even if I git added all files before a commit?

Can I revert to a previous version of just one file even if I git added all files before a commit? So, this is what I did: git add . then git commit -m "my changes" then git push So there have been many other git add . and commits between "my…
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Unable to do "git checkout main"

Whenever I am trying to run: git checkout main I am getting an error: error: The following untracked working tree files would be overwritten by checkout: README.md Please move or remove them before you switch branches. Aborting I have tried…
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What does the command `git checkout . path/to/file.php` do?

I have several modified files, my git status looks like $ git status On branch loyalty-module Your branch is up-to-date with 'origin/loyalty-module'. Changes not staged for commit: (use "git add ..." to update what will be committed) (use…
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Get untruncated list of files that would be overwritten by checkout

Suppose I want to check out branch X, and git says that many, many, many, VERY MANY files would be overwritten by checkout. So many in fact, that the list it writes out is truncated because it doesn't fit in some buffer. Is there a way to get the…
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why cant I push reverted commit in github?

I'm pretty new in git.I was working on a project and I used new commit that ruined my project. so I used git log and git check out to go back to last commit.that was successful on my computer but when I try to push it on github repository I see this…
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Git : Why are my files overwritten by checkout?

I'm new in git. I got error message error: Your local changes to the following files would be overwritten by checkout: after git checkout. And I found a good question from Stack Overflow here. But I'm still confused. Why are my files followed to the…
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Non-deterministic behavior of git-checkout

I am trying to understand this behavior of git. It has to do with file removal and preservation of a commit. Suppose I am working in a branch called fork1 at the latest point. I get there by doing "git checkout fork1". I then delete a file called…
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How should I investigate a git checkout problem

I am facing a strange situation with GIT and I don't know how to explain it in detail, so that is why I am looking more for hints on how should I investigate it rather than an answer. As I said, I don't have too much details about it, because I…
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I have 5 files I want to ignore in git. Updated my .gitignore to include them but get "local changes to the following files would be overwritten"

I have 5 files that I want to ignore in git on my test server. I updated my git ignore file to include them but I still get an error saying "You local changes to the following files would be overwritten by checkout" and am unable to proceed with the…
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Cannot ignore local changes with `git checkout` command

I have this: $ git checkout -- . $ git pull Updating 4411c31..db4498d error: Your local changes to the following files would be overwritten by merge: index.js utils.js Please commit your changes or stash them before you…
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