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# git checkout
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> Checkout a branch or paths to the working tree.
> More information: <https://git-scm.com/docs/git-checkout>.
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- Create and switch to a new branch:
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`git checkout -b {{branch_name}}`
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- Create and switch to a new branch based on a specific reference (branch, remote/branch, tag are examples of valid references):
`git checkout -b {{branch_name}} {{reference}}`
- Switch to an existing local branch:
`git checkout {{branch_name}}`
- Switch to the previously checked out branch:
`git checkout -`
- Switch to an existing remote branch:
`git checkout --track {{remote_name}}/{{branch_name}}`
- Discard all unstaged changes in the current directory (see `git reset` for more undo-like commands):
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`git checkout .`
- Discard unstaged changes to a given file:
`git checkout {{filename}}`
- Replace a file in the current directory with the version of it committed in a given branch:
`git checkout {{branch_name}} -- {{filename}}`