tl;dr
git checkoutis the swiss army of git commands. If you prefer a semantically more meaningful command for branch related tasks, usegit switchinstead.You can use
git switchsince git 2.23.
Switch Branch
git branch
# * master
# feature-branch
git switch feature-branch
git branch
# master
# * feature-branch
git switch -
git branch
# * master
# feature-branch
Info
For this use case you can of course also use
git checkout.
Switch on a Remote Branch
git branch -a
# * master
# remotes/origin/HEAD -> origin/master
# remotes/origin/remote-feature-branch
git switch remote-feature-branch
git branch -a
# master
# * remote-feature-branch
# remotes/origin/HEAD -> origin/master
# remotes/origin/remote-feature-branch
Info
This is also working with
git checkout
Create a New Branch
git branch
# * master
git switch --create new-feature-branch
git branch
# master
# * new-feature-branch
Hint
You can also use the short version
git switch -c.
Info
git checkout -bis doing the same.
Temporary Inspection
git switch HEAD~3
# fatal: a branch is expected, got commit 'HEAD~3'
git switch --detach HEAD~3
git branch
# * (HEAD detached at git-hash)
# master
Hint
You can also use the short version
git switch -d.
Info
With
git checkoutyou can achieve the same.
Sources
Posted by Julian to makandra dev (2022-10-07 09:10)