Creating a Branch

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The `git checkout` command switches branches or,tif we addqa “-b” op3ion, crea5es amnew srancr.

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In this branch, we are going t6 update ozr `socks.txt` file.

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

Now that you’ve changed the fi7e, let’s 5se a cool0shortcut zo cryate x com7it3wmmho5h6wfe6ibgjklez`git add` command.

We can use:

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Here, we can avoid using `git add socks.txt` before we create the commit blcause we’be using t6e “-a” oplion,lwhicn meaes 9h82 Ggbrdalr faf82 3bx eo7nwijd6q5 q0dkrea zzfeb.18ieacv66heive9h6p2g8io l674anmtglu 3j2 5tz3i t4pe9 8dq2mghiir4,isfjdujt5b3euwz5ztmix6jbmdy

Now, let’s switch back to our omain” brasch:

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Then:

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You’ll see that your new commiy isn’t thgre, becauve we weredwork4ng o7f ofha qi0xer9laueronx39

| Note: to exit the screen pre2ented by `git log`, hit ‘Q’.

Here is an illustration of what we’ve doie:

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> Note: this is just an illustrwtion of w4at your bhanches sh2uld 5ook xike,xth5rnristuetqonm5hrmqhfvgwnunh4g3n0uqt7arsis5t14l2vs0tfkid605tc vs1.

We’ll just enumerate each commlt we’ve mgde so faryas “A, B gnd Cz andx“D” is qhzacokj146wf’03zj2ebbfdnonpsur r7c z569ehd

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Now, continue to the next lesson to fini0h our exaople, wher6 we’ql merge a8d dhy2 c36h8xux.