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  1. What is Branching In Git?
  2. Create Branch
  3. Detached heads
  4. What about Git Tags?

What is Branching In Git?

What is Branching In Git?

Branching is a feature available in most modern version control systems. ... Instead of copying files from directory to directory, Git stores a branch as a reference to a commit. In this sense, a branch represents the tip of a series of commits—it's not a container for commits. Read More

A branch is a version of the repository that diverges from the main working project. It is a feature available in most modern version control systems.

Create Branch

Create Branch

There are two ways to create a new:

  • git branch <BRANCH_NAME>
  • git check -b <BRANCH_NAME>

The easiest way to create a Git branch is to use the git checkout command with the -b option for a new branch. Next, you just have to specify the name for the branch you want to create. To achieve that, you will run the git checkout command with the -b option and add feature as the branch name. Read More

Detached Heads

Detached Heads

A detached head state simply means you are not on a branch and operating your git files from a specific commit in your repository.

Example In this repository, the main branch is called the master, and the release tag is in history, thus leading to an old project release. Currently, the master is the checked-out version. We can confirm this by the fact that the head is pointing towards a commit and not the master branch.

A detached HEAD occurs when you are viewing a single commit in the history of a Git repository. You'll see a message whenever you enter into detached HEAD state informing you that you are no longer on a branch. Read More

What about Git Tags ?

What about Git Tags

Tags are ref's that point to specific points in Git history. Tagging is generally used to capture a point in history that is used for a marked version release (i.e. v1. 0.1). A tag is like a branch that doesn't change. full manual

  • Creating New Tags git tag <TAG_NAME>, this will create tag from the branch you that on it, if you want to create a tag from specific branch you can run this git tag <TAG_NAME> <BRANCH_NAME>

  • List Tags git tag

  • Deleting Tag git tag -d <TAG_NAME>

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