git checkout

git-checkout - Switch branches or restore working tree files

• Doc: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-checkout

git checkout
Your branch is up to date with 'origin/main'.

git checkout master
Branch 'master' set up to track remote branch 'master' from 'origin'.
Switched to a new branch 'master'
git merge origin/main
fatal: refusing to merge unrelated histories

Rename Branch

git checkout -f yourbranch 
git branch -M yourNewBranch 

Related terms

• git clone

See also

• git checkout [ -b | master | main | -f ]
• git: [config | init | status ], git add, git rm, git commit, git push, git pull, .gitconfig, .gitignore, git (clone, fetch, pull), git tag, git log, git blame, Merge Request, LFS, git branch, git apply, git rebase, git diff, git diff-tree, git config --global, remote | submodule | request-pull, GIT_TRACE, GIT_CURL_VERBOSE, clean, main, git show-ref, git reset, git prune, git ls-remote origin, git checkout, git switch, pathspec, git credential-osxkeychain, git version, pre-commit, git --help, GitBook, refs/