Working with Git branches

Git Branches

Git branches are a core feature of the Git version control system. They allow multiple lines of development to exist within a single repository, enabling different features, bug fixes, and experiments to be worked on simultaneously without interfering with the main codebase.

Working with Git branches

• View branches in a project
  git branch -a

• Create a new branch and move to it
  git checkout -b branch name

• Move to a branch
  git checkout branch name

• Merging changes made in a branch with main
  git checkout main
git merge branch name
git add .
git commit -m "commit message"
git push

• Delete a branch on remote repo
  git push origin --delete branch name

• Delete a branch with unmerged commits
  git branch -D branch name

• Delete a branch locally
  • checkout to another branch
    git branch --delete branch name
• Display the commit history of a Git repository
  git log --graph --oneline --decorate --all