Re: git gui equivalent to git checkout -b

From: Pat Thoyts <patthoyts@users.sourceforge.net>
Date: Mar 30, 2011, 12:56 UTC
Message-ID: <87y63wpy0o.fsf@fox.patthoyts.tk>
In-Reply-To: <imrapc$f7u$1@dough.gmane.org>

"Matt Seitz" <matseitz@cisco.com> writes:

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>What is the git gui equivalent to "git checkout -b"?
>
>I have a working tree with changes that I don't want to commit to "master" 
>yet.  So I want to create a new branch to contain my changes.
>
>If I go to "Branch->Checkout", I don't see an option to create a new branch.
>
>If I go to "Branch->Create", I see an option to "Checkout After Creation", 
>but I want to be sure that is the right choice.

Create.

% echo junk >> git-gui.sh
% git status --short --branch
## master
 M git-gui.sh

% git gui # selected Branch, Create, Name=pt/demo, Checkout after Creation
% git status --short --branch
## pt/demo
 M git-gui.sh

If we don't select 'Checkout after Creation' then we don't move to the new branch. It is created but we remain on master.

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