Switching Branches

We talked about using git switch to change branches. There's another command that you'll certainly run into because it's been around for a long time and older developers are used to it: git checkout. git switch is a newer command that is meant to be more intuitive and user-friendly. It's recommended to use git switch over git checkout for simply switching branches.

To switch to a branch called prime:

git switch prime

# or, the old way:
git checkout prime

For this course, we will stick to git switch.