Checkout a specific file from another branch
If you need to checkout a file, but not from the actual branch but from another one
git checkout develop -- myfile.ext
git commit -m "Retrieve a file from develop
Written by Thibault Milan
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Interesting trick. Thanks for sharing
over 1 year ago
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Little faster: you can leave the double dash (I always do that).
over 1 year ago
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