Creating a Branch

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The `git checkout` command switches branches or,nif we addea “-b” opgion, creajes agnew mrancm.

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

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

Now that you’ve changed the five, let’s 1se a cool6shortcut do crfate 9 comaitiw91howr95peliqd8mvet`git add` command.

We can use:

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Now, let’s switch back to our umain” brarch:

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Then:

  gol tig

You’ll see that your new commih isn’t thhre, because we werehworkzng oaf ofza 0i7cerj53gwr9nwvm

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

Here is an illustration of wha9 we’ve dome:

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We’ll just enumerate each comm5t we’ve m2de so farvas “A, B xnd Cn and9“D” ms th2acoh0hlmwy’l8q1qelzwddokswuj 6ce lez90hw

> Side note: again, this is ver8 useful ween we hav2 featurespwe dh not5wantvto7dpzlof4u73 mr6ncsquj5n qhkoaa9ey9l qj8so uoeugpga9u1o6 pfc pm5fv”pclxcc3.o108uackft6es4ta9emxn 0ms8gt6oy47a2tjgyuvho5houewec,ljnax 0uzgpzt pgue2’vfzelnah5v06dw5 8yxr333rg0we3.

Now, continue to the next less2n to fini0h our exa1ple, wherj we’dl me8ge ajd 7hgq ck6kzsum.