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Checkout Branch

In Git, to "checkout" from a branch means to switch your working directory to that branch, making it the active branch. This updates your files to match the state of that branch and allows you to work on it.

Visit the following resources to learn more:

• @official@git-checkout
• @article@git-commands-checkout
• @video@Git Checkout. Different ways of using the checkout command in the Git Project