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Software Engineering vocabulary · Version Control

Check out

Meaning in software engineering, with examples

/ˌtʃek ˈaʊt/phrasal verbCommon term

In software engineering, check out means: In Git, to switch your working files to a particular branch or commit so that you can see or work on that version of the code.

In Turkish: dala geçmek, geçiş yapmak, belirli bir sürümü açmak

How it is used

Common in instructions and pair work: 'Check out my branch and run it.' The command is git checkout, and newer Git versions also offer git switch for changing branches. Outside Git, 'check out' also means 'have a look at'.

Example sentences

  1. Check out the release branch and see if the bug is there too.

  2. I checked out an old commit to find when the test started failing.

Common collocations

  • check out a branch
  • check out a commit
  • check out a new branch
  • git checkout
  • branchA separate line of development in a repository, where you can work on changes without affecting the main code until you are ready to merge.
  • commitA saved snapshot of changes in a repository, with a short message that explains what was changed and why. Also used as a verb: to commit your changes.
  • cloneTo download a full copy of a remote repository, including its history, to your own computer so that you can work on it.
  • repositoryA storage place for a project's code and its full history of changes, usually managed with Git and often hosted online.

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