Here's a quick jargon overview for both Subversion (SVN) and Git. This should help you to better understand the counterparts if you're moving from one of the worlds to the other.
SVN Term |
Git Term |
Checkout |
Clone |
Commit |
Commit & Push |
Update |
Pull |
Merge |
Merge, Cherry-Pick, Rebase (beware, different concepts) |
Shelve |
Stash |
Branch |
Branch |
Switch |
Switch/Checkout |
Revert |
Revert |