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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Johannes Welsch <johannes.welsch@googlemail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] git branch: add -s/--switch to create and switch to a new branch
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 2026 11:46:23 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqq7bit7l68.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CA++gwosYFaOLD5nZjKUUFtp1ryezikqAsD6vu=uqBzOwyszASw@mail.gmail.com> (Johannes Welsch's message of "Tue, 3 Nov 2026 16:34:09 +0100")

Johannes Welsch <johannes.welsch@googlemail.com> writes:

> I'd like to propose adding a -s (--switch) option to `git branch`.
>
> It makes sense semantically to create a branch and to also switch to it.

Why is "git checkout -b <new-branch-name> [<where-the-branch-begins]" 
not sufficient?

      parent reply	other threads:[~2026-11-03 19:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-11-03 15:34 [RFC] git branch: add -s/--switch to create and switch to a new branch Johannes Welsch
2026-11-03 17:57 ` Pushkar Singh
2026-11-03 19:46 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]

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