# Introduction <div class="alert alert-warning" role="alert"> <p>🧑💻 New to Git or LabEx? We recommend starting with the <b><a style="color: unset;text-decoration: underline;" href="https://labex.io/courses/quick-start-with-git" target="_blank">Quick Start with Git</a></b> course.</p> </div> In Git, branches are used to develop features or isolate changes made to the codebase. Local branches are the branches that exist only on your local machine. In this challenge, you will learn how to view a list of all local branches in a Git repository.
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