How can I switch to another branch in git

Question

Which one of these lines is correct  git checkout  another branch   Or git checkout origin  another branch   Or git checkout origin  another branch    And what is the difference between them

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git checkout  branch name    is another way to say    git checkout -b branch name origin branch name    in case  branch name  exists only remotely    git checkout -b branch name origin branch name  is useful in case you have multiple remotes    Regarding  git checkout origin  another branch   I m not sure this is possible  AFAK you can do this using  fetch  command  --  git fetch origin  another branch

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Check remote branch list  git branch -a  Switch to another Branch  git checkout -b  lt local branch name gt   lt Remote branch name gt  Example  git checkout -b Dev 8 4 remotes gerrit Dev 8 4  Check local Branch list  git branch  Update everything  git pull

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If another branch already exists locally and you are not on this branch  then git checkout another branch switches to the branch   If another branch does not exist but origin another branch does  then git checkout another branch is equivalent to git checkout -b another branch origin another branch  git branch -u origin another branch  That s to create another branch from origin another branch and set origin another branch as the upstream of another branch   If neither exists  git checkout another branch returns error   git checkout origin another branch returns error in most cases  If origin is a revision and another branch is a file  then it checks out the file of that revision but most probably that s not what you expect  origin is mostly used in git fetch  git pull and git push as a remote  an alias of the url to the remote repository   git checkout origin another branch succeeds if origin another branch exists  It leads to be in detached HEAD state  not on any branch  If you make new commits  the new commits are not reachable from any existing branches and none of the branches will be updated   UPDATE   As 2 23 0 has been released  with it we can also use git switch to create and switch branches   If foo exists  try to switch to foo   git switch foo   If foo does not exist and origin foo exists  try to create foo from origin foo and then switch to foo   git switch -c foo origin foo   or simply git switch foo   More generally  if foo does not exist  try to create foo from a known ref or commit and then switch to foo   git switch -c foo  lt ref gt  git switch -c foo  lt commit gt    If we maintain a repository in Gitlab and Github at the same time  the local repository may have two remotes  for example  origin for Gitlab and github for Github  In this case the repository has origin foo and github foo  git switch foo will complain fatal  invalid reference  foo  because it does not known from which ref  origin foo or github foo  to create foo  We need to specify it with git switch -c foo origin foo or git switch -c foo github foo according to the need  If we want to create branches from both remote branches  it s better to use distinguishing names for the new branches   git switch -c gitlab foo origin foo git switch -c github foo github foo   If foo exists  try to recreate force-create foo from  or reset foo to  a known ref or commit and then switch to foo   git switch -C foo  lt ref gt  git switch -C foo  lt commit gt    which are equivalent to   git switch foo git reset   lt ref gt   lt commit gt   --hard   Try to switch to a detached HEAD of a known ref or commit   git switch -d  lt ref gt  git switch -d  lt commit gt    If you just want to create a branch but not switch to it  use git branch instead  Try to create a branch from a known ref or commit   git branch foo  lt ref gt  git branch foo  lt commit gt

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I am using this to switch one branch to another anyone you can use it works for me like charm   git switch    branchName   OR  git checkout  branchName   ex   git switch develop OR git checkout develop

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What worked for me is the following      Switch to the needed branch    git checkout -b BranchName      And then I pulled the  master  by    git pull origin master

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If you want the branch to track the remote branch  which is very important if you re going to commit changes to the branch and pull changes etc  you need to add a -t for the actual checkout like so  git checkout -t branchname

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The Best Command for changing branch git branch -M YOUR BRANCH

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Check   git branch -a  If you are getting only one branch  Then do below steps    Step 1   git config --list Step 2   git config --unset remote origin fetch   Step 3   git config --add remote origin fetch  refs heads   refs remotes origin

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Useful commands to work in daily life  git checkout -b  quot branchname quot  - gt   creates new branch git branch                   - gt   lists all branches git checkout  quot branchname quot     - gt   switches to your branch git push origin  quot branchname quot  - gt   Pushes to your branch git add   filename           - gt  Stages   All files  or by given file name git commit -m  quot commit message quot  - gt  Commits staged files git push                     - gt  Pushes to your current branch  If you want to merge to dev from feature branch  First check out dev branch with command  quot git branch dev develop quot  Then enter merge commadn  quot git merge featurebranchname quot

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Switching to another branch in git  Straightforward answer   git-checkout - Switch branches or restore working tree files  git fetch origin          lt ----this will fetch the branch git checkout branch name  lt --- Switching the branch   Before switching the branch make sure you don t have any modified files  in that case  you can commit the changes or you can stash it

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With Git 2 23 onwards  one can use git switch  lt branch name gt  to switch branches

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