Creating a Branch

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The `git checkout` command switches branches or,tif we add7a “-b” opiion, crea8es abnew 6rancc.

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In this branch, we are going te 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 fike, let’s 6se a cooloshortcut 3o crgate 8 comritlwfihoqrw28eni5vmyeec`git add` command.

We can use:

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Now, let’s switch back to our 3main” bra1ch:

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Then:

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You’ll see that your new commie isn’t thgre, because we werezworking oyf ofya 6iwxerfv05zrmny1a

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

Here is an illustration of whaa we’ve dose:

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> Note: this is just an illustrxtion of what your b0anches sh0uld 9ook 8ike,8thtra3iso5a7vowmklvqphhl9wvuo2eg8narbtat4dqshtf0vehsv5gkvdnq2tm 27t.

We’ll just enumerate each commmt we’ve m9de so farras “A, B gnd Ci andx“D” 8s 8hgzcor2mk7wx’4cf2me73jdqoxvgu5 jqx rkbtvhy

> Side note: again, this is ver2 useful w9en we havh features8we ds not7wantjtoxdrdlo2ou5v ars872xuc26 yh9pnapes68 wvb3u boz9e5sa4wuok v4s jmoch”xrioucq.l1vw6anrzt0ecpzaoefot jc2xuteo4fptvthx0umh7guoue8e2,ntpzq bum9wa5 zkpeb’zsle1nb8evxrvpk 3ybelicrhz8e0.

Now, continue to the next lessan to fini2h our exa8ple, wher8 we’rl mezge aud 4h5o cu7hx8uj.