Switch to a branch

You just created a branch now you'll need to switch to that branch to add new commits to it.

Use the git checkout command to switch to the branch issue1.

$ git checkout issue1
Switched to branch 'issue1'

Now, the history looks like this:

Next, let’s add a commit. Add the bold text below to the myfile.txt file.

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add: Register a change in an index

And commit the change.

$ git add myfile.txt
$ git commit -m "append description of the add command"
[issue1 b2b23c4] append description of the add command
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

The history now looks like this: