Luckily TortoiseGit makes switching branches a cinch in just a few clicks:

  • Right-click in your repository
  • Go to TortoiseGit context menu
  • Click Switch/Checkout
  • Select the branch you wish to switch to and select "Overwrite working tree changes (force)"





Selecting the "Overwrite working tree changes (force)" tick box is important to ensure all files in your working directory is overwritten with the files directly from your branch. We do not want remnants of files left from the branch we had previously switched from kicking around.