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Re:Fast by nine_k on Wednesday July 05, 2023 @08:23PM (#36609209)
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
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Re:Fast by scubbo on Wednesday July 05, 2023 @09:01PM (#36609546)
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".
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Re:Fast by nine_k on Wednesday July 05, 2023 @09:34PM (#36609797)
It's a bit like building a train station is a special case of arriving to it :)
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Re:Fast by m463 on Thursday July 06, 2023 @03:52AM (#36612640)
maybe like mkdir + chdir
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Re:Fast by golergka on Saturday July 08, 2023 @10:13PM (#36650843)
It's arriving at it with trucks and bulldozers and other equipment repeatedly, but essentially yes.
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