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git switch -c message improvement suggestion

Subject: git switch -c message improvement suggestion

## tl;dr

One message between Jul 3, 2020 and Jul 3, 2020.

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Ed Avis· Jul 3, 2020, 08:30 UTC · lore

I think that git switch -c could tell you not only that you already created the branch, but you already switched to it!

% git switch -c branch1 % git switch -c branch1 fatal: A branch named 'branch1' already exists, and you are already on it

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Ed Avis <ed.avis@qmaw.com>

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