How can I really work with Git and branches?

Question

I'm freelance developer and recently picked up the project that is hosted by Git. I decided to use a branch to work on my part. However I need some guidance as I never worked with Git before.

I did:

git clone <url_to_project>

and it gave me the source code in the directory ~/proj.

Now I need to pull the changes that was made and create a branch. The question is how do I do that?

Consider reading tutorials. Git is ... different and you may end up in a corner. — Thorbjørn Ravn Andersen, May 17 '13 at 08:11

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered May 17 '13 at 05:55

To pull the changes from the remote master branch and merge it into your local master:

git pull origin master

To create a new branch new_feature:

git checkout -b new_feature

You change branches by checking it out without the -b flag, e.g.:

git checkout master
git checkout new_feature

A good tutorial (and in fact an online book) is: Pro Git

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Oct 05 '19 at 19:04

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I suggest you actually learn to use the software.

There are a lot of great free resources out there... For example,

Pro Git book
http://gitref.org/

edited Oct 05 '19 at 19:04

Peter Mortensen

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answered May 17 '13 at 14:42

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The second link is (effectively) broken as it redirects to a generic place. – Peter Mortensen Oct 05 '19 at 19:05

How can I really work with Git and branches?

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