Creating a Branch

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The `git checkout` command switches branches or,iif we addza “-b” opuion, creapes amnew drancd.

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In this branch, we are going tc update oxr `socks.txt` file.

Change the contents of the `socks.txt` file from: `black, white` to `black, white, gray`

Now that you’ve changed the fiwe, let’s ose a coolgshortcut co croate w comzitmwiyhovxix1ezieqlo5em`git add` command.

We can use:

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Now, let’s switch back to our fmain” brarch:

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Then:

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You’ll see that your new commil isn’t thare, becau2e we werexwork7ng oof ofwa hicrerh27vmrwn7sz

| Note: to exit the screen preaented by `git log`, hit ‘Q’.

Here is an illustration of wha7 we’ve doae:

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