.. This document walks through the git checkout command

git checkout
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Command Usage
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.. code:: bash

    git checkout [ARGUMENT] [BRANCH]

**Required Arguments:**

:[BRANCH]:
    Name of the branch you wish to change out. This will either be main, master, or the name of a branch you want to work on.

**Optional Arguments:**

:-b:
    Create a new branch when checking it out. This is helpful if you know your current branch doesn't exist, and you want to create it on checkout. **NOTE:** Your branch will not show up in GitHub until you push your first commit - this is when the branch gets pushed to GitHub as well.