Day 5 of 10 25 mingit branchgit switchHEAD
Work on ideas in parallel without breaking main. Understand what a branch really is, create and switch branches, and see how HEAD follows you.
By the end of today you can
- Explain that a branch is a movable pointer to a commit
- Create, list, switch and delete branches
- Describe what HEAD points to
- See how branches diverge as you commit on each
- Name branches clearly
What's inside
- 6 sections
- 3 diagrams and mind maps
- 4-question quiz
- 1A branch is just a pointer
- 2Create and switch branches
- 3Commit on a branch
- 4Branches diverge
- 5Clean up
- 6Naming branches
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