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RE: Git checkout multiple options issue

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Randall S. Becker <rsbecker@nexbridge.com>
Date
Jan 28, 2019, 14:12 UTC
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On January 28, 2019 8:25, COLLOMB Joris wrote:
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> git checkout -fb "branch_name"
> (force branch creation and checkout it)
> 
> doesn't work (even if option a separated).
> 
> I don't know if this is consider as an issue, but here it is.
I think you might mean (which works on every platform I have):
git checkout -f -b "branch_name"

There is no provision for aggregating options into one. -fb (invalid) is not the same as -f -b (valid).

Regards, Randall

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