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[BUG] potential error in parsing git checkout options?

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May 29, 2015, 10:30 UTC
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Git version : 2.4.1.652.g8fd8657

When we run git checkout -babar, we would expect an error message like "unknown switch 'a' " and we get "Switched to a new branch 'abar'". We are not sure since we don't entirely understand the syntax -b <branch> which is shown in the documentation, but as average users, we found it a bit surprising. 

Guillaume Pagès
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  1. Guillaume PagesMay 29, 2015
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