🌿 Branching

Branches let you work on features, fixes, or experiments without affecting the main branch.

📋 List Branches

git branch

• * marks the branch you’re currently on.
• Add -a to see remote branches too:

git branch -a

🌱 Create a New Branch

git checkout -b feature-name       # Old way
git switch -c feature-name         # Newer, simpler way

Tip: Start branch names with a short prefix, like feature/, bugfix/, or hotfix/.

🔄 Switch to an Existing Branch

git checkout branch-name           # Old way
git switch branch-name              # New way