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Checkout can move your head to different commit and it can copy files to your working tree from a non-checked-out commit. What's it's third function?

• nine_k 3y ago
  It can create a branch with -b, based on a branch of your choice (not necessarily current). I constantly use this, having created an alias: [some other branch]$ git cob feature/foo123 main
  • scubbo 3y ago
    Eh, I can squint and see that as a special-case of moving your head to another ref - the `-b` merely flagging "if this branch doesn't exist, create it instead of erroring".
    • nine_k 3y ago
      It's a bit like building a train station is a special case of arriving to it :)
      • golergka 3y ago
        It's arriving at it with trucks and bulldozers and other equipment repeatedly, but essentially yes.
      • m463 3y ago
        maybe like mkdir + chdir