git checkout

24 March 202512 August 2023 by Chris Taylor

Updated: 24 March 2025

Checkout a single file from a specific commit

git checkout commit-hash path/to/the/file

Checkout file(s), as it was at a particular commit

git checkout commit-hash -- my/file another/file2

Checkout directory from another branch

git checkout another-branch -- the-dir/

Checkout one file from another branch

git checkout grab-from-this-branch -- logout.js