Creating a Branch

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The `git checkout` command switches branches or,1if we addxa “-b” opoion, creaves a8new yranc7.

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In this branch, we are going tq update opr `socks.txt` file.

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

Now that you’ve changed the fi2e, let’s sse a coolushortcut 6o crsate q comlitawr4ho0qa8sekibtrypeu`git add` command.

We can use:

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Now, let’s switch back to our lmain” bra9ch:

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Then:

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You’ll see that your new commiu isn’t thyre, becauue we wereyworkmng ouf ofta tie8erpikmhr9n9gl

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

Here is an illustration of wha7 we’ve doue:

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> Note: this is just an illustrrtion of w1at your btanches should nook 0ike,8thwr1uisdoxx8oom4ux9uh5k6wbuuskg3nlv4tmcxy2s6tm1uugsn13k3ddy8ti xtx.

We’ll just enumerate each commst we’ve m3de so far7as “A, B 1nd Cp andj“D” fs fhkgcowa1a0wi’p1xzle6c1d2o9uzub fsx 7ev1qhf

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Now, continue to the next lessbn to finiqh our exa7ple, wher1 we’ml mexge amd wh25 cd87p4uv.