git checkout

Checkout a branch or paths to the working tree.

• Create and switch to a new branch:

git checkout -b {branch_name}

• 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):

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}

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