Switching Branches

Creating a branch and moving to it are two separate actions. The modern command for switching is git switch:

git switch feature-login

If you want to create and switch in one step, use the -c flag ("create"):

git switch -c feature-login

This is the most common workflow when starting new work.

You may also see git checkout in older tutorials. It does the same thing and still works:

git checkout feature-login
git checkout -b feature-login   # create and switch

To find out which branch you are on right now, run git branch --show-current:

git branch --show-current
feature-login