Switch Git branch without files checkout

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Yes, you can do this.

git symbolic-ref HEAD refs/heads/otherbranch

If you need to commit on this branch, you’ll want to reset the index too otherwise you’ll end up committing something based on the last checked out branch.

git reset

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