branchingpractice

git commands you'll likely use

git checkout -b branchname

• creates a new branch and switches to it

git checkout branchname

• switches to the specified branch

git merge frombranchname

• merges the specified branch into the current branch

syncing your local repository with the remote repository

git checkout main
git pull origin main
git checkout branchname
git merge main

• this will change your current branch to the main branch, pull down the latest changes from the remote repository, and merge the main branch into your current branch