July 2017
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In Git terminology, switching to a branch is called checkout. Since the branches are lightweight, switching between them is very quick and easy.
You can switch/checkout to a different branch either by double-clicking on it under the Team Explorer window or selecting the one from the dropdown menu, when you click on the current branch name, present at the bottom-right corner of the Visual Studio status bar:

Upon checkout, the selected branch will get highlighted as bold in Team Explorer. Also, the name of the branch, at the bottom-right corner, will change accordingly.
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