Checkout

Checkout a branch or paths to the working tree

jgit checkout [-f|--force] [<branch>]
jgit checkout [-f|--force] [<commit>]
jgit checkout [--set-upstream|-t|--track|--no-track] [-f|--force] [[-b|-B] <new_branch>] [<start_point>]
jgit checkout [-f|--force|--ours|--theirs|-m] [<tree-ish>] [--] <paths>...
jgit checkout [<tree-ish>] [--] [<paths>...]

Reference: git-checkout

Alias

co

jgit co -b newfeature

Examples

Checkout branch.

jgit checkout master

Checkout commit. NOTE: This will put you in a detached state.

jgit checkout 971ae60

Checkout upstream branch as local.

jgit checkout -b feature origin/feature

Revert changes in unstaged file.

jgit checkout -- file