git checkout

Checkout a branch or paths to the working tree. More information: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-checkout.

• 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 {{path/to/file}}
• Replace a file in the current directory with the version of it committed in a given branch:
  git checkout {{branch_name}} -- {{path/to/file}}