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title: Making changes in a branch
intro: 'Use your favorite text editor, such as [{% data variables.product.prodname_vscode %}](https://code.visualstudio.com/), to make changes to your project, then use {% data variables.product.prodname_desktop %} to visualize useful commits.'
redirect_from:
  - /desktop/contributing-to-projects/making-changes-in-a-branch
  - /desktop/contributing-and-collaborating-using-github-desktop/making-changes-in-a-branch
versions:
  feature: desktop
children:
  - /managing-branches-in-github-desktop
  - /committing-and-reviewing-changes-to-your-project-in-github-desktop
  - /stashing-changes-in-github-desktop
  - /viewing-the-branch-history-in-github-desktop
  - /pushing-changes-to-github-from-github-desktop
shortTitle: Make changes in a branch
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