tldr/pages/common/git-checkout.md

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# git checkout
> Checkout a branch or paths to the working tree.
- Create and switch to a new branch:
`git checkout -b {{branch_name}}`
- Switch to an existing local branch:
`git checkout {{branch_name}}`
- Switch to an existing remote branch:
`git checkout --track {{remote_name}}/{{branch_name}}`
- Discard all unstaged changes in the current folder (see `git reset` for more undo-like commands):
`git checkout .`
- Discard unstaged changes to a given file:
`git checkout {{file_name}}`
- Replace a file in the current folder with the version of it committed in a given branch:
`git checkout {{branch_name}} -- {{file_name}}`