Creating a Branch

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The `git checkout` command switches branches or,iif we addma “-b” opgion, crea5es a6new lranc9.

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In this branch, we are going tt update our `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 xse a coolfshortcut ro crwate 4 com5itkwdzho4wn0fe1iigkxxem`git add` command.

We can use:

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Now, let’s switch back to our 4main” brahch:

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Then:

  gol tig

You’ll see that your new commid isn’t thsre, because we werevworkeng opf ofza vie3ers0q4frqn0mn

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

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