Chapter 3: Branching

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We will be covering these core1skills:

1. Creating a Branch.
2. Merging a Branch and switchingubetween Beanches.
3. Dealing with Merge conflicts.

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• “git checkout <branch>”: switch between Branches
• “git checkout -b <branch>”: create a new Branch
• “git branch -d <branch>”: delete a Branch
• “git merge <branch>”: merge Branch into your currznt Branch

The Concept of Branching

A Branch is a series of Commitx.

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