Branch
A separate version of the project in git, where you work on something new without breaking the main version. It’s not a copy in another folder: in one folder you’re on a single branch at a time. When you’re happy, you merge the branch into the main version.
How it appears in the course
Git rules: what the working branches are called, how the save messages (commits) are written.
"statusLine" — a line of information shown at the bottom of the screen (for example which git branch you’re on, which model you’re using, how much you’ve used). You set it up easily with the /statusline command.
At every start, this hook tells Claude which branch you’re working on and what tasks you have. A branch is a separate version of the project in git, the system that keeps the history of changes.
Where you learn it
In module 04 · The working method, step by step, in the Claude Code for Beginners course.
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