If you are creating a branch that you want to switch to immediately, it is easier to use the git switch command with its -c option to do the same thing with a single command.

Instead of just moving the branch pointer forward, Git creates a new snapshot that results from this three-way merge and automatically creates a new commit that points to it.

Now that you’ve created, merged, and deleted some branches, let’s look at some branch-management tools that will come in handy when you begin using branches all the time.

This configuration will tell git to show the relationship between the two branches in git status and git branch -v. Furthermore, it directs git pull without arguments to pull from the upstream when the new …

The git branch command is actually something of a branch management tool. It can list the branches you have, create a new branch, delete branches and rename branches.

Unlike many other VCSs, Git encourages workflows that branch and merge often, even multiple times in a day. Understanding and mastering this feature gives you a powerful and unique tool and can …

The git branch command is actually something of a branch management tool. It can list the branches you have, create a new branch, delete branches and rename branches.

When you run git checkout <something>, Git tries to guess whether <something> is intended to be a branch, a commit, or a set of file (s), and then either switches to that branch or commit, or restores …

DESCRIPTION Switch to a specified branch. The working tree and the index are updated to match the branch. All new commits will be added to the tip of this branch.

Various commands, including git checkout and git status, will show you how many commits have been added to your current branch and the upstream since you forked from it, for example "Your branch …