On Mon, Jan 28, 2019 at 10:20:02AM -0500, Randall S. Becker wrote: > On January 28, 2019 9:25, COLLOMB Joris wrote: > > -----Message d'origine----- > >> De : Randall S. Becker <rsbecker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Envoyé : lundi 28 janvier > >> 2019 15:12 À : COLLOMB Joris -EXT <joris.collomb-ext@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; > >> git@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Objet : RE: Git checkout multiple options issue > >> > >> On January 28, 2019 8:25, COLLOMB Joris wrote: > >> > git checkout -fb "branch_name" > >> > (force branch creation and checkout it) > >> > > >> > doesn't work (even if option a separated). > >> > > >> > I don't know if this is consider as an issue, but here it is. > >> > >> I think you might mean (which works on every platform I have): > >> > >> git checkout -f -b "branch_name" > >> > >> There is no provision for aggregating options into one. -fb (invalid) is > not the > >> same as -f -b (valid). > > > git checkout -f -b "branch_name" > > gives me " Fatal: A branch named 'branch_name' already exists." > > Once the branch is created, you can't force its creation, because it is > already created. Just > > git checkout "branch_name" > > is sufficient at this point. git is correct to complain that you are trying > to create a branch that already exists. git checkout -B exists, which does exactly that: force create a branch at a new positon if it already exists. Kind regards, Kevin
