git checkout a branch code example

Example 1: git checkout new branch

// create and checkout new branch in one line
git checkout -b new_branch

Example 2: git switch branch

git switch branch_name

git checkout branch_name

Example 3: git checkout branch

truelover@PEACE project % git checkout master
truelover@PEACE project % git checkout branch_name
#create branch
truelover@PEACE project % git checkout -b new_branch_name

Example 4: git command to create a branch from another branch

$ git checkout -b myfeature dev

Example 5: "git checkout -b" example

$ git checkout -b new-branch --track origin/develop