Checkpoint

A point saved automatically before Claude changes files. You can go back to it, like “Undo”, but it doesn’t replace git.

You’ll also find it as: checkpoints

How it appears in the course

Claude automatically saves the state of the files before it changes them. These saves are called checkpoints.
How do you go back in time if something went wrong? · Module 04, The working method, step by step

Where you learn it

In module 04 · The working method, step by step, in the Claude Code for Beginners course.

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