Git - Checkout

A checkout will change the current branch

Specifically, it will checkout the files

• from the repository
• for a branch
• in the working directory
• to match the version in the index (staging area)

In other term, with a checkout, you can

• change the current branch (ie switch branches
• or restore working tree files

For:

• all unstaged files use at the root dir:

git checkout -- .

• a specific file

git checkout path/to/file

Do you perform the checkout from the root directory ?