What is Repository Checkout?
Repository checkout is the process of downloading a specific version of the repository to your workspace.
Definition and Word Origin
You get the current version of the project from the server and bring it to your desk. It's like borrowing a book from the library: The source remains, you work with the copy. History and version information comes with the copy.
How to Know and Use in Daily Life?
New project: Downloading the repository for the first time.
Version migration: Do not go back to the old tag and examine the error.
Try branch: Don't open your friend's branch locally.
Technical Depth and Architecture
The flow is as follows:
git clone https://github.com/ornek/proje.git
cd proje
git checkout v2.0.0Distinctions:
Clone: Downloading the entire repository for the first time.
Checkout: Changing version or branch in the downloaded repository.
Switch/Restore: Branching and retrieving commands in modern Git.
Sparse: Downloading only the required folder in the huge repository.
Rule: Do not pass while you have work saved, commit or save it first.
Use in Different Disciplines
Library: Don't take the book off the shelf and bring it to the table.
Archive: Remove the folder from storage and examine it.
Photograph: Don't take pressure from the negative.
Questions and answers
Does it only download files?
No. History and version information is also included, so you can revert back to the old version.
What is the difference with Clone?
Clone is the initial download, checkout is the pass through the downloaded repository. The order is in this direction.
How to revert to old version?
It is passed with a tag or commit hash. If there is a saved job, it is stored first.
What is Switch?
It is the modern command to branch. Since checkout does a lot of work, Git split it into two: switch to the branch, restore to the file.
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