Git Branching Basics

Branches in Git allow us to have different views on the repository - they are super lightweight and are simply pointers to Commits. In this tutorial we look at creating, deleting and checking out branches and what happens internally within GIT with each of these actions.
Using the VisualGit tool we can look into these internal changes as Git commands are executed. We can see the actual changes made to the working area, staging area and the repository in realtime.
visualgit.net
Feel free to try it out for yourself!