How to switch back to master with git

Question

I have made my first commit  then created a branch  let s say branch1    In this branch I ve created a directory  example  and commited  In GitHub I see my new branch and the new directory  example  that I have added   Now I wonder how can I  sync  back to master  and so have the  example  folder deleted  as it doesn t exist on master    EDIT   find   -type d -empty -exec touch     gitignore    did the job

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You need to checkout the branch   git checkout master   See the Git cheat sheets for more information   Edit  Please note that git does not manage empty directories  so you ll have to manage them yourself  If your directory is empty  just remove it directly

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For deleting the branch you have to stash the changes made on the branch or you need to commit the changes you made on the branch  Follow the below steps if you made any changes in the current branch    git stash or git commit -m  XXX  git checkout master git branch -D merchantApi   Note  Above steps will delete the branch locally

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Will take you to the master branch   git checkout master  To switch to other branches do  ignore the square brackets  it s just for emphasis purposes    git checkout  the name of the branch you want to switch to   To create a new branch use the -b like this  ignore the square brackets  it s just for emphasis purposes   git checkout -b  the name of the branch you want to create

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According to the Git Cheatsheet you have to create the branch first   git branch  branchName    and then   git checkout  branchName

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I m trying to sort of get my head around what s going on over there  Is there anything IN your  example  folder  Git doesn t track empty folders    If you branched and switched to your new branch then made a new folder and left it empty  and then did  git commit -a   you wouldn t get that new folder in the commit    Which means it s untracked  which means checking out a different branch wouldn t remove it

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