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git-checkout(1)
===============
NAME
----
git-checkout - Checkout and switch to a branch.
SYNOPSIS
--------
'git-checkout' [-f] [-b <new_branch>] [<branch>] [<paths>...]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
When <paths> are not given, this command switches branches, by
updating the index and working tree to reflect the specified
branch, <branch>, and updating HEAD to be <branch> or, if
specified, <new_branch>.
When <paths> are given, this command does *not* switch
branches. It updates the named paths in the working tree from
the index file (i.e. it runs `git-checkout-index -f -u`). In
this case, `-f` and `-b` options are meaningless and giving
either of them results in an error. <branch> argument can be
used to specify a specific tree-ish to update the index for the
given paths before updating the working tree.
OPTIONS
-------
-f::
Force an re-read of everything.
-b::
Create a new branch and start it at <branch>.
<new_branch>::
Name for the new branch.
<branch>::
Branch to checkout; may be any object ID that resolves to a
commit. Defaults to HEAD.
EXAMPLE
-------
The following sequence checks out the `master` branch, reverts
the `Makefile` to two revisions back, deletes hello.c by
mistake, and gets it back from the index.
------------
$ git checkout master <1>
$ git checkout master~2 Makefile <2>
$ rm -f hello.c
$ git checkout hello.c <3>
<1> switch branch
<2> take out a file out of other commit
<3> or "git checkout -- hello.c", as in the next example.
------------
If you have an unfortunate branch that is named `hello.c`, the
last step above would be confused as an instruction to switch to
that branch. You should instead write:
------------
$ git checkout -- hello.c
------------
Author
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Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Documentation
--------------
Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
GIT
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Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite
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