How to change git branch in Android Studio

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Android Problem Overview

I have 2 branches in my gitlab project. Now I'm on the master (default) branch. I want to change it to another base, this is what I tried:

When I go to VCS -> Git -> Branches, and click Checkout tag or revision I always get an error :

> pathspec 'my branch' did not match any files known to git

What should I do? All I want to do is to change the branch and do a pull request.

Android Solutions

Solution 1 - Android

To checkout a different branch from within Android Studio:

Under VCS -> Git -> Branches you will see this screen

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under Local branches you will see the local branches you can checkout. At the very bottom you see the currently checked out branch (in my case master). To checkout a different branch, select it and click Checkout.

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In my example I only have one other local branch, named test. That is why it only shows that one.

After checking out a different branch, this window will pop up in the bottom of the screen

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In order to get your remote branches to show up in Android Studio, you first need to fetch them:

VCS -> Git -> Fetch. After that, it will show up

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Solution 2 - Android

I've noticed that when I try this flow, and then paste the branch name in, I get:

Couldn't checkout foo: fatal: 'foo^0' is not a valid branch name. I don't what is inserting the ^0 a the end,

So I instead just call git checkout (paste branch name) from the command line, which works.

Solution 3 - Android

Open terminal of AndroidStudio then type

git checkout name_of_branch_you_want_to_switch

Solution 4 - Android

To change Git branch also you can click at the current branch which is checked out at the bottom right corner

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Here you can:

  • create and checkout new branch from current branch
  • work with local branches
  • work with remote branches
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