Git Branches cheatsheet

Author: Jason Clarke

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Published: August 31 2022

Key: Enter your information in places highlighted in Italics.

Creating a new branch:

git branch "name"
git branch "name" "version id"

Switching branch:

git switch "branch name" (this is the preferred method)
git checkout "branch name"

Rename branch:

git branch -m "new name"

Renaming a non-head branch:

git branch -m "old name" "new name"

Tracking branch:

git checkout -- track "branch name"

Deleting branch:

git branch -d "branch name"

Deleting a branch that has been pushed to version control platform such as GitHub:

git push origin --delete "branch name"

Merge branch:

git merge "branch name you want to merge to current head"

Compare branch:

git log "branch name" "other branch name"