From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 2026 19:46:23 GMT
Subject: Re: [RFC] git branch: add -s/--switch to create and switch to a new branch
Message-ID: <xmqq7bit7l68.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <CA++gwosYFaOLD5nZjKUUFtp1ryezikqAsD6vu=uqBzOwyszASw@mail.gmail.com>

Johannes Welsch <johannes.welsch@googlemail.com> writes:

> I'd like to propose adding a -s (--switch) option to `git branch`.
>
> It makes sense semantically to create a branch and to also switch to it.

Why is "git checkout -b <new-branch-name> [<where-the-branch-begins]" 
not sufficient?