• Usage: git checkout[branch name]
• This command is used to switch from one branch to another
• [vagrant@master-]$ git checkout branch1
• M file1.txt
• M file2.txt
• Switched to branch ‘branch1’

Usage:git checkout -b[branch name]

• This command creates a new branch and also switches toit.
• [vagrant@master-}$ git checkout-b branch1
• M file1.txt
• M file2.txt
• Switched to a new branch ‘branch1’