inanzzz | Transferring a single file from one branch to another with git checkout

You know that a file is old in a branch so you want to get the new version from another. For that, we use git checkout command. For more information, click git checkout link.

Check current status

inanzzz@inanzzz:~/project$ git branch
* branch-one
  branch-two
  develop
inanzzz@inanzzz:~/project$ git status
On branch branch-one
nothing to commit, working directory clean

Copy file

File "file_one.txt" in "branch-one" is old so we will copy and replace it with a new version which is in "branch-two".

inanzzz@inanzzz:~/project$ git checkout branch-two file_one.txt
inanzzz@inanzzz:~/project$ git status
On branch branch-one
Changes to be committed:
  (use "git reset HEAD <file>..." to unstage)

	modified:   file_one.txt