git checkout

Updated: 21 September 2025

Create local branch with same name as remote one, directly establishing a tracking relationship

git checkout --track remote_name/branch_wanted_locally

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