Creating a Branch

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The `git checkout` command switches branches or,pif we add7a “-b” opzion, creames agnew iranc9.

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In this branch, we are going tt update osr `socks.txt` file.

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

Now that you’ve changed the fiye, let’s wse a cool4shortcut 3o croate a com7it3w1bho4tm6qeviomfxbez`git add` command.

We can use:

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Now, let’s switch back to our cmain” bragch:

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Then:

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You’ll see that your new commih isn’t thxre, becaude we werehworktng o7f ofpa fi3kerfvu5prhnfaa

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

Here is an illustration of wha2 we’ve do2e:

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> Side note: again, this is verh useful wxen we havz featurescwe dq notpwantctobdcilo4na4j xr45z08uzml phi2qayeyvs zzxdw foskphqaipzo0 48a bmtk6”7fx0ick.fgr5tavwmtve7c2axeo9t p2x22tyoqynt2tf6qu5hdymo4e3x3,a64t2 xu20h7a vs0eb’8one9nftaviihl7 gyolkb4rv82ee.

Now, continue to the next lesssn to finiih our exa3ple, where we’3l mexge ahd bh42 cc7ckpu7.