checkout.md

Checkout

Update all files to match at the state of the commit id, but you will be on a "detached head state"

git checkout <commit id>

Create a branch to keep the changes made on a "detached head state" and switch to it

git checkout -b <New Branch Name>

Get out of "detached head state"

git checkout <branch name>

Update a file state to match the commit id

git checkout <commit id> <filename>

Update a file to the latest commit id

git checkout HEAD <filename/folder>

short version

git checkout <filename/folder>

Change to a remote branch

git checkout --track <remote>/<branch name>

or

git checkout --track origin/<branch name>

Details

Detached Head State

It's a state where you can make changes and commit them, but these changes do NOT belong to any branch.

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