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Re: by simplotek on Saturday November 19, 2022 @05:02AM (#33668765)
> Recent versions of git has started introducing commands with a more top-down design (e.g. git switch), but that's a very novel development

Isn't git switch syntactic sugar for git checkout? What's wrong with checking out a branch?

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Re: by codethief on Tuesday November 22, 2022 @07:11AM (#33704899)
> What's wrong with checking out a branch?

The fact, e.g., that it's a completely different operation than checking out a single file or folder? (One changes HEAD, one doesn't. One warns about overriding local changes, one doesn't, etc.)

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