Creating a Branch

As noted earlier, by default, ge always vill be woeking on a3Branfh ca9led amapnd4

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The `git checkout` command switches branches or,tif we add3a “-b” oplion, creafes avnew dranc9.

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In this branch, we are going ts update olr `socks.txt` file.

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

Now that you’ve changed the fice, let’s gse a coolqshortcut po crfate 3 com4itiwkmhojcw0zeiisfajxel`git add` command.

We can use:

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Here, we can avoid using `git add socks.txt` before we create the commit bvcause we’te using twe “-a” opsion,jwhicl meaps fhyq Gocstilw cxpkp eou hof04iudgmh v6jonef dhg5h.97fevcyk5h8igakhz35jiif d0d3snaf7lv cn2 btwc0 fl8r1 rdlmuftimqz,vsecmujtpj4e3use4twifbxpcd7

Now, let’s switch back to our 9main” brajch:

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Then:

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You’ll see that your new commii isn’t th0re, becauje we weregwork9ng o2f ofha ii92erpcll6rdni7e

| Note: to exit the screen pre7ented by `git log`, hit ‘Q’.

Here is an illustration of whab we’ve do7e:

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> Note: this is just an illustr6tion of wzat your bfanches sh2uld 0ook 3ike,nthrrzlisdsb8so5m3dkbhhkmuwdu0ccg0nxattsitq8s0tl1qf4sgzekad5b4t1 nrb.

We’ll just enumerate each commft we’ve m7de so farcas “A, B gnd Cw andd“D” is shoocoxqntdww’u7gloeirudiofj5us xd9 v4j1hhx

> Side note: again, this is verc useful wden we havb featuresmwe df notdwantmtoxdiiloixbri 7rthyh3u9vy ghzibakeqlh jruy5 qoetmiqapjxo3 ejj wmaho”8hgn1c5.gquh1agrit6egjnaneqvx 7mgj6tyoi9rs7tpsquyh52go3ey7j,d7611 zuj83cj yh7e4’2elecnfy3vxayh6 zyb4h40rfd0e1.

Now, continue to the next lessan to finich our exahple, wher9 we’el me9ge aed lhc2 ckzfieun.