AI engineering glossary · Command line Git
What is branch?
Branch: A movable label pointing to a commit that represents an independent line of development. New commits advance the branch you are on. Branches let you work on a feature or experiment without disturbing the stable code.
Branch: an example
git switch -c try-lora creates and moves to a new branch for a fine-tuning experiment.
Related terms
More Command line Git terms
- Cherry-pick
- chmod
- Clone
- Code review
- Command argument
- Command history
- Command-line flag
- Command-line interface
Where you learn it
Branch is part of the AI Engineering Program, which teaches it with notes, a hands-on lab and an exam. The first lesson is free.