How to switch to a specific file in Git

To switch to a specific file in Git, you can use the git checkout command followed by the name of the file. For example, if you want to switch to a file named example.txt, you can use the following command:

git checkout example.txt

If you want to switch between different Git branches for a specific file, you can use the git checkout command followed by the branch name and the file name. For example, if you want to switch to the new-feature branch and the example.txt file, you can use the following command:

git checkout new-feature example.txt

This will switch to the new feature branch and replace the example.txt file in your working directory with the version from that branch.

If you want to restore a file or directory to a specific Git commit, you can use the following command:

git checkout <commit> <file>

Where <commit> is the hash or branch name of the Git commit, and <file> is the name of the file or directory you want to restore.

Note that if no branch or commit information is provided, the git checkout command will by default check out the latest version of the file or directory on the current branch.