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+# Git Branching Basics - Exercises
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+## Using GitLab
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+  1. Create a branch dedicated to a subgroup of your animal categories.
+  2. With the Web IDE add one or more entries to you animal description file.
+  3. Commit to your new branch.
+
+## Using the Command Line Interface
+
+  1. Synchronize your local copy of the repository.
+  2. Create another new branch for another subgroup of your animal categories.
+  3. Use an editor to add one or more entries to your animal description file.
+  4. Commit to your new branch.
+  5. Merge your new (local) branch into the main branch.
+  6. Merge the branch created in GitLab into the main branch, and solve conflicts if needed.
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