Assuming the hash of the commit you want is c5f567: git checkout c5f567 — file1/to/restore file2/to/restore The git checkout man page gives more information. If you want to revert to the commit before c5f567, append ~1 (where 1 is the number of commits you want to go back, it can be anything): git checkout c5f567~1 … Read more
Everything you can do with a file, you can do with a folder too. Also note Find and restore a deleted file in a Git repository Files are deleted from working tree but not committed yet: If you have not yet indexed (git add) your changes you can revert content of a directory: git checkout … Read more
Warning: Running this will discard local changes. Only run this if you want to discard local changes. I encountered the same problem and solved it by git checkout -f branch and its specification is rather clear. -f, –force When switching branches, proceed even if the index or the working tree differs from HEAD. This is … Read more
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
git checkout -b BRANCH_NAME creates a new branch and checks out the new branch while git branch BRANCH_NAME creates a new branch but leaves you on the same branch. In other words git checkout -b BRANCH_NAME does the following for you. git branch BRANCH_NAME # create a new branch git switch BRANCH_NAME # then switch … Read more
Create a branch where you are, then switch to master and merge it: git branch my-temporary-work git checkout master git merge my-temporary-work
You need a clean state to change branches. The branch checkout will only be allowed if it does not affect the ‘dirty files’ (as Charles Bailey remarks in the comments). Otherwise, you should either: stash your current change or reset –hard HEAD (if you do not mind losing those minor changes) or checkout -f (When … Read more
I believe this occurs when you are trying to checkout a remote branch that your local git repo is not aware of yet. Try: git remote show origin If the remote branch you want to checkout is under “New remote branches” and not “Tracked remote branches” then you need to fetch them first: git remote … Read more
The output of git status indicates that your working directory is clean; good. Now, by running git checkout origin/web-zach you are attempting to check out a remote-tracking branch, called origin/web-zach; it’s a special type of branch, local to your repo, that keeps track of the corresponding branch, web-zach, living in the remote repository called origin. … Read more
To fetch a remote PR into your local repo, git fetch origin pull/$ID/head:$BRANCHNAME where $ID is the pull request id and $BRANCHNAME is the name of the new branch that you want to create. Once you have created the branch, then simply git checkout $BRANCHNAME For instance, let’s imagine you want to checkout pull request … Read more