What is the difference between git clone and checkout

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What is the difference between git clone and git checkout

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The man page for checkout  http   git-scm com docs git-checkout  The man page for clone  http   git-scm com docs git-clone  To sum it up  clone is for fetching repositories you don t have  checkout is for switching between branches in a repository you already have   Note  for those who have a SVN CVS background and new to Git  the equivalent of git clone in SVN CVS is checkout  The same wording of different terms is often confusing

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One thing to notice is the lack of any  Copyout  within git  That s because you already have a full copy in your local repo - your local repo being a clone of your chosen upstream repo  So you have effectively a personal checkout of everything  without putting some  lock  on those files in the reference repo   Git provides the SHA1 hash values as the mechanism for verifying that the copy you have of a file   directory tree   commit   repo is exactly the same as that used by whoever is able to declare things as  Master  within the hierarchy of trust  This avoids all those  locks  that cause most SCM systems to choke  with the usual problems of private copies  big merges  and no real control or management of source code  -

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checkout can be use for many case    1st case   switch between branch in local repository For instance     git checkout exists branch to switch   You can also create new branch and switch out in throught this case with -b    git checkout -b new branch to switch   2nd case   restore file from x rev    git checkout rev file to restore

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Simply git checkout have 2 uses   Switching between existing local branches like git checkout  lt existing local branch name gt  Create a new branch from current branch using flag -b  Suppose if you are at master branch then git checkout -b  lt new feature branch name gt  will create a new branch with the contents of master and switch to newly created branch   You can find more options at the official site

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git clone is to fetch your repositories from the remote git server   git checkout is to checkout your desired status of your repository  like branches or particular files     E g   you are currently on master branch and you want to switch into develop branch    git checkout develop branch   E g   you want to checkout to a particular status of a particular file  git checkout commit point A --  lt filename gt    Here is a good reference for you to learn Git  lets you understand much more easily

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