chap 5

Question 1

Create and move to new branch

Answer 1

git checkout -b alvin
or
git branch alvin // to create but not move to

Question 2

Check what branch you are on

Answer 2

git branch

Question 3

Move to a different branch

Answer 3

git checkout branch-name

Question 4

Save and undo current changes

so you can move to a different branch for example

Answer 4

git stash –keep-index
This saves and undoes your outstanding, unstaged changes while preserving your stag‐ ed changes in the index, and resets your working tree to match the index.

Question 5

Retrieve the stashed changes

Answer 5

git stash pop

Question 6

Move to another branch and merge the current branch

Answer 6

git checkout thebranch -m

Question 7

Delete a branch

Answer 7

git branch -d alvin

git branch -D alvin // Force deletion

Question 8

rename branch

Answer 8

git branch -m old new
There is no direct way to rename the corresponding branch in a remote repository, however; you must separately push the new branch and delete the old one:
$ git push -u origin new
$ git push origin :old