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Bug: branch checkout is detached if the case doesn't match

From
THTim Hutt <tdhutt@gmail.com>
Date
Jun 20, 2021, 19:45 UTC
Message-ID
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If you try to switch to a branch (e.g. `master`), but get the case wrong, e.g:
    git switch MASTER
    git checkout MASTER
    git switch Master
    git checkout Master

etc. then it autocorrects the case (bad idea but ok), but it also enables the `--detach` flag! In other words

    git switch Master
acts like
    git switch -d master
Very unexpected!
Cheers,
Tim

[System Info] git version: git version 2.32.0 cpu: x86_64 no commit associated with this build sizeof-long: 8 sizeof-size_t: 8 shell-path: /bin/sh uname: Darwin 20.4.0 Darwin Kernel Version 20.4.0: Fri Mar 5 01:14:14 PST 2021; root:xnu-7195.101.1~3/RELEASE_X86_64 x86_64 compiler info: clang: 12.0.5 (clang-1205.0.22.9) libc info: no libc information available $SHELL (typically, interactive shell): /bin/zsh

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  1. Tim HuttJun 20, 2021
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  3. Tim HuttJun 21, 2021
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  5. Tim HuttJun 23, 2021
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