From: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
Date: Mon, 09 Jan 2023 06:32:34 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] doc: use "git switch -c" rather than "git checkout -b" consistently
Message-ID: <CAPig+cTO1jBjcwjX4UpxG813OwrDAaYVvViC_XGWorwbXvOfvw@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqk01wusmz.fsf@gitster.g>

On Mon, Jan 9, 2023 at 1:30 AM Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
> Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> writes:
> > touches is given merely as examples one might use, then I could see
> > git-switch being prepended to the list rather than entirely replacing
> > git-checkout. For instance:
> >
> >     $ git switch -c foo     <1>
> >     $ git checkout -b foo   <1>
> >     $ git branch foo        <2>
> >     $ git tag foo           <3>
>
> That can invite "do we need to use checkout after doing switch?"
> confusion.  I would understand if it were
>
>         $ git checkout -b foo # or "git switch -c foo" <1>
>
> or something that makes it clear either one, but not both, is used
> there.

That refinement looks good to me.