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Switching Branches with git switch

📖 Scenario: You are working on a project with multiple branches. You need to switch between branches to work on different features.

🎯 Goal: Learn how to use the git switch command to change branches safely and easily.

📋 What You'll Learn

Use git switch to change branches

Create a new branch using git switch -c

List branches with git branch

Check current branch with git branch --show-current

💡 Why This Matters

🌍 Real World

Switching branches is a daily task for developers to work on different features or fixes without mixing code.

💼 Career

Knowing how to switch branches efficiently helps you collaborate with teams and manage code versions safely.

1

Create initial branches

Create two branches named feature1 and feature2 using git branch.

Git

# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use git branch branch_name to create a new branch.

2

Switch to feature1 branch

Use git switch feature1 to change to the feature1 branch.

Git

git branch feature1
git branch feature2
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use git switch branch_name to switch branches.

3

Create and switch to a new branch

Create and switch to a new branch named feature3 using git switch -c feature3.

Git

git branch feature1
git branch feature2
git switch feature1
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use git switch -c new_branch_name to create and switch to a new branch in one step.

4

Show current branch

Use git branch --show-current to display the name of the current branch.

Git

git branch feature1
git branch feature2
git switch feature1
git switch -c feature3
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use git branch --show-current to see which branch you are on.