The new command "git switch" is added to avoid the confusion of one-command-do-all "git checkout" for new users. They are also helpful to avoid ambiguation context. For these reasons, promote it everywhere possible. This includes documentation, suggestions/advice from other commands... Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@xxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/git-branch.txt | 8 ++-- Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt | 3 +- Documentation/git-format-patch.txt | 2 +- Documentation/git-merge-base.txt | 2 +- Documentation/git-rebase.txt | 2 +- Documentation/git-remote.txt | 2 +- Documentation/git-rerere.txt | 10 ++--- Documentation/git-reset.txt | 20 +++++----- Documentation/git-stash.txt | 9 +++-- Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt | 18 ++++----- Documentation/giteveryday.txt | 24 ++++++------ Documentation/gittutorial.txt | 4 +- Documentation/revisions.txt | 2 +- Documentation/user-manual.txt | 52 +++++++++++++------------- advice.c | 11 ++++-- builtin/clone.c | 2 +- sha1-name.c | 2 +- t/t2020-checkout-detach.sh | 4 +- 18 files changed, 91 insertions(+), 86 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-branch.txt index bf5316ffa9..94c1f24414 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-branch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-branch.txt @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ The command's second form creates a new branch head named <branchname> which points to the current `HEAD`, or <start-point> if given. Note that this will create the new branch, but it will not switch the -working tree to it; use "git checkout <newbranch>" to switch to the +working tree to it; use "git switch <newbranch>" to switch to the new branch. When a local branch is started off a remote-tracking branch, Git sets up the @@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ This option is only applicable in non-verbose mode. + This behavior is the default when the start point is a remote-tracking branch. Set the branch.autoSetupMerge configuration variable to `false` if you -want `git checkout` and `git branch` to always behave as if `--no-track` +want `git switch`, `git checkout` and `git branch` to always behave as if `--no-track` were given. Set it to `always` if you want this behavior when the start-point is either a local or remote-tracking branch. @@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ Start development from a known tag:: $ git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/.../linux-2.6 my2.6 $ cd my2.6 $ git branch my2.6.14 v2.6.14 <1> -$ git checkout my2.6.14 +$ git switch my2.6.14 ------------ + <1> This step and the next one could be combined into a single step with @@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ NOTES ----- If you are creating a branch that you want to checkout immediately, it is -easier to use the git checkout command with its `-b` option to create +easier to use the "git switch" command with its `-c` option to create a branch and check it out with a single command. The options `--contains`, `--no-contains`, `--merged` and `--no-merged` diff --git a/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt b/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt index d9de992585..ee6a4144fb 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt @@ -88,7 +88,8 @@ but it is explicitly forbidden at the beginning of a branch name). When run with `--branch` option in a repository, the input is first expanded for the ``previous checkout syntax'' `@{-n}`. For example, `@{-1}` is a way to refer the last thing that -was checked out using "git checkout" operation. This option should be +was checked out using "git switch" or "git checkout" operation. +This option should be used by porcelains to accept this syntax anywhere a branch name is expected, so they can act as if you typed the branch name. As an exception note that, the ``previous checkout operation'' might result diff --git a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt index 27304428a1..3d42853529 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt @@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ One way to test if your MUA is set up correctly is: * Apply it: $ git fetch <project> master:test-apply - $ git checkout test-apply + $ git switch test-apply $ git reset --hard $ git am a.patch diff --git a/Documentation/git-merge-base.txt b/Documentation/git-merge-base.txt index 9f07f4f6ed..261d5c1164 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-merge-base.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-merge-base.txt @@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ instead. Discussion on fork-point mode ----------------------------- -After working on the `topic` branch created with `git checkout -b +After working on the `topic` branch created with `git switch -c topic origin/master`, the history of remote-tracking branch `origin/master` may have been rewound and rebuilt, leading to a history of this shape: diff --git a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt index 4dd5853d6e..420777c10b 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION ----------- If <branch> is specified, 'git rebase' will perform an automatic -`git checkout <branch>` before doing anything else. Otherwise +`git switch <branch>` before doing anything else. Otherwise it remains on the current branch. If <upstream> is not specified, the upstream configured in diff --git a/Documentation/git-remote.txt b/Documentation/git-remote.txt index 0cad37fb81..9659abbf8e 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-remote.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-remote.txt @@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ $ git branch -r staging/master staging/staging-linus staging/staging-next -$ git checkout -b staging staging/master +$ git switch -c staging staging/master ... ------------ diff --git a/Documentation/git-rerere.txt b/Documentation/git-rerere.txt index df310d2a58..fe4434ad9d 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-rerere.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-rerere.txt @@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ For such a test, you need to merge master and topic somehow. One way to do it is to pull master into the topic branch: ------------ - $ git checkout topic + $ git switch topic $ git merge master o---*---o---+ topic @@ -113,10 +113,10 @@ the upstream might have been advanced since the test merge `+`, in which case the final commit graph would look like this: ------------ - $ git checkout topic + $ git switch topic $ git merge master $ ... work on both topic and master branches - $ git checkout master + $ git switch master $ git merge topic o---*---o---+---o---o topic @@ -136,11 +136,11 @@ merges, you could blow away the test merge, and keep building on top of the tip before the test merge: ------------ - $ git checkout topic + $ git switch topic $ git merge master $ git reset --hard HEAD^ ;# rewind the test merge $ ... work on both topic and master branches - $ git checkout master + $ git switch master $ git merge topic o---*---o-------o---o topic diff --git a/Documentation/git-reset.txt b/Documentation/git-reset.txt index 9f69ae8b69..020ba838c9 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-reset.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-reset.txt @@ -149,9 +149,9 @@ See also the `--amend` option to linkgit:git-commit[1]. Undo a commit, making it a topic branch:: + ------------ -$ git branch topic/wip <1> -$ git reset --hard HEAD~3 <2> -$ git checkout topic/wip <3> +$ git branch topic/wip <1> +$ git reset --hard HEAD~3 <2> +$ git switch topic/wip <3> ------------ + <1> You have made some commits, but realize they were premature @@ -232,13 +232,13 @@ working tree are not in any shape to be committed yet, but you need to get to the other branch for a quick bugfix. + ------------ -$ git checkout feature ;# you were working in "feature" branch and -$ work work work ;# got interrupted +$ git switch feature ;# you were working in "feature" branch and +$ work work work ;# got interrupted $ git commit -a -m "snapshot WIP" <1> -$ git checkout master +$ git switch master $ fix fix fix $ git commit ;# commit with real log -$ git checkout feature +$ git switch feature $ git reset --soft HEAD^ ;# go back to WIP state <2> $ git reset <3> ------------ @@ -279,18 +279,18 @@ reset it while keeping the changes in your working tree. + ------------ $ git tag start -$ git checkout -b branch1 +$ git switch -c branch1 $ edit $ git commit ... <1> $ edit -$ git checkout -b branch2 <2> +$ git switch -c branch2 <2> $ git reset --keep start <3> ------------ + <1> This commits your first edits in `branch1`. <2> In the ideal world, you could have realized that the earlier commit did not belong to the new topic when you created and switched - to `branch2` (i.e. `git checkout -b branch2 start`), but nobody is + to `branch2` (i.e. `git switch -c branch2 start`), but nobody is perfect. <3> But you can use `reset --keep` to remove the unwanted commit after you switched to `branch2`. diff --git a/Documentation/git-stash.txt b/Documentation/git-stash.txt index 7ef8c47911..ebb6282db3 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-stash.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-stash.txt @@ -235,12 +235,12 @@ return to your original branch to make the emergency fix, like this: + ---------------------------------------------------------------- # ... hack hack hack ... -$ git checkout -b my_wip +$ git switch -c my_wip $ git commit -a -m "WIP" -$ git checkout master +$ git switch master $ edit emergency fix $ git commit -a -m "Fix in a hurry" -$ git checkout my_wip +$ git switch my_wip $ git reset --soft HEAD^ # ... continue hacking ... ---------------------------------------------------------------- @@ -293,7 +293,8 @@ SEE ALSO linkgit:git-checkout[1], linkgit:git-commit[1], linkgit:git-reflog[1], -linkgit:git-reset[1] +linkgit:git-reset[1], +linkgit:git-switch[1] GIT --- diff --git a/Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt b/Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt index e29a9effcc..6bd0f192cc 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt @@ -741,7 +741,7 @@ used earlier, and create a branch in it. You do that by simply just saying that you want to check out a new branch: ------------ -$ git checkout -b mybranch +$ git switch -c mybranch ------------ will create a new branch based at the current `HEAD` position, and switch @@ -755,7 +755,7 @@ just telling 'git checkout' what the base of the checkout would be. In other words, if you have an earlier tag or branch, you'd just do ------------ -$ git checkout -b mybranch earlier-commit +$ git switch -c mybranch earlier-commit ------------ and it would create the new branch `mybranch` at the earlier commit, @@ -765,7 +765,7 @@ and check out the state at that time. You can always just jump back to your original `master` branch by doing ------------ -$ git checkout master +$ git switch master ------------ (or any other branch-name, for that matter) and if you forget which @@ -794,7 +794,7 @@ $ git branch <branchname> [startingpoint] which will simply _create_ the branch, but will not do anything further. You can then later -- once you decide that you want to actually develop -on that branch -- switch to that branch with a regular 'git checkout' +on that branch -- switch to that branch with a regular 'git switch' with the branchname as the argument. @@ -808,7 +808,7 @@ being the same as the original `master` branch, let's make sure we're in that branch, and do some work there. ------------------------------------------------ -$ git checkout mybranch +$ git switch mybranch $ echo "Work, work, work" >>hello $ git commit -m "Some work." -i hello ------------------------------------------------ @@ -825,7 +825,7 @@ does some work in the original branch, and simulate that by going back to the master branch, and editing the same file differently there: ------------ -$ git checkout master +$ git switch master ------------ Here, take a moment to look at the contents of `hello`, and notice how they @@ -958,7 +958,7 @@ to the `master` branch. Let's go back to `mybranch`, and run 'git merge' to get the "upstream changes" back to your branch. ------------ -$ git checkout mybranch +$ git switch mybranch $ git merge -m "Merge upstream changes." master ------------ @@ -1133,9 +1133,9 @@ Remember, before running 'git merge', our `master` head was at work." commit. ------------ -$ git checkout mybranch +$ git switch mybranch $ git reset --hard master^2 -$ git checkout master +$ git switch master $ git reset --hard master^ ------------ diff --git a/Documentation/giteveryday.txt b/Documentation/giteveryday.txt index 9f2528fc8c..38015026bb 100644 --- a/Documentation/giteveryday.txt +++ b/Documentation/giteveryday.txt @@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ following commands. * linkgit:git-log[1] to see what happened. - * linkgit:git-checkout[1] and linkgit:git-branch[1] to switch + * linkgit:git-switch[1] and linkgit:git-branch[1] to switch branches. * linkgit:git-add[1] to manage the index file. @@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ $ git tag v2.43 <2> Create a topic branch and develop.:: + ------------ -$ git checkout -b alsa-audio <1> +$ git switch -c alsa-audio <1> $ edit/compile/test $ git checkout -- curses/ux_audio_oss.c <2> $ git add curses/ux_audio_alsa.c <3> @@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ $ git commit -a -s <5> $ edit/compile/test $ git diff HEAD^ <6> $ git commit -a --amend <7> -$ git checkout master <8> +$ git switch master <8> $ git merge alsa-audio <9> $ git log --since='3 days ago' <10> $ git log v2.43.. curses/ <11> @@ -148,11 +148,11 @@ Clone the upstream and work on it. Feed changes to upstream.:: ------------ $ git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/.../torvalds/linux-2.6 my2.6 $ cd my2.6 -$ git checkout -b mine master <1> +$ git switch -c mine master <1> $ edit/compile/test; git commit -a -s <2> $ git format-patch master <3> $ git send-email --to="person <email@xxxxxxxxxxx>" 00*.patch <4> -$ git checkout master <5> +$ git switch master <5> $ git pull <6> $ git log -p ORIG_HEAD.. arch/i386 include/asm-i386 <7> $ git ls-remote --heads http://git.kernel.org/.../jgarzik/libata-dev.git <8> @@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ satellite$ edit/compile/test/commit satellite$ git push origin <4> mothership$ cd frotz -mothership$ git checkout master +mothership$ git switch master mothership$ git merge satellite/master <5> ------------ + @@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ machine into the master branch. Branch off of a specific tag.:: + ------------ -$ git checkout -b private2.6.14 v2.6.14 <1> +$ git switch -c private2.6.14 v2.6.14 <1> $ edit/compile/test; git commit -a $ git checkout master $ git cherry-pick v2.6.14..private2.6.14 <2> @@ -274,14 +274,14 @@ $ mailx <3> & s 2 3 4 5 ./+to-apply & s 7 8 ./+hold-linus & q -$ git checkout -b topic/one master +$ git switch -c topic/one master $ git am -3 -i -s ./+to-apply <4> $ compile/test -$ git checkout -b hold/linus && git am -3 -i -s ./+hold-linus <5> -$ git checkout topic/one && git rebase master <6> -$ git checkout pu && git reset --hard next <7> +$ git switch -c hold/linus && git am -3 -i -s ./+hold-linus <5> +$ git switch topic/one && git rebase master <6> +$ git switch pu && git reset --hard next <7> $ git merge topic/one topic/two && git merge hold/linus <8> -$ git checkout maint +$ git switch maint $ git cherry-pick master~4 <9> $ compile/test $ git tag -s -m "GIT 0.99.9x" v0.99.9x <10> diff --git a/Documentation/gittutorial.txt b/Documentation/gittutorial.txt index 242de31cb6..e6ad6b5f8d 100644 --- a/Documentation/gittutorial.txt +++ b/Documentation/gittutorial.txt @@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ automatically. The asterisk marks the branch you are currently on; type ------------------------------------------------ -$ git checkout experimental +$ git switch experimental ------------------------------------------------ to switch to the experimental branch. Now edit a file, commit the @@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ change, and switch back to the master branch: ------------------------------------------------ (edit file) $ git commit -a -$ git checkout master +$ git switch master ------------------------------------------------ Check that the change you made is no longer visible, since it was diff --git a/Documentation/revisions.txt b/Documentation/revisions.txt index 72daa20e76..a1c7a65da6 100644 --- a/Documentation/revisions.txt +++ b/Documentation/revisions.txt @@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ Here's an example to make it more clear: ------------------------------ $ git config push.default current $ git config remote.pushdefault myfork -$ git checkout -b mybranch origin/master +$ git switch -c mybranch origin/master $ git rev-parse --symbolic-full-name @{upstream} refs/remotes/origin/master diff --git a/Documentation/user-manual.txt b/Documentation/user-manual.txt index eff7890274..766e64d0e1 100644 --- a/Documentation/user-manual.txt +++ b/Documentation/user-manual.txt @@ -122,10 +122,10 @@ Tags are expected to always point at the same version of a project, while heads are expected to advance as development progresses. Create a new branch head pointing to one of these versions and check it -out using linkgit:git-checkout[1]: +out using linkgit:git-switch[1]: ------------------------------------------------ -$ git checkout -b new v2.6.13 +$ git switch -c new v2.6.13 ------------------------------------------------ The working directory then reflects the contents that the project had @@ -282,10 +282,10 @@ a summary of the commands: this command will fail with a warning. `git branch -D <branch>`:: delete the branch `<branch>` irrespective of its merged status. -`git checkout <branch>`:: +`git switch <branch>`:: make the current branch `<branch>`, updating the working directory to reflect the version referenced by `<branch>`. -`git checkout -b <new> <start-point>`:: +`git switch -c <new> <start-point>`:: create a new branch `<new>` referencing `<start-point>`, and check it out. @@ -302,22 +302,22 @@ ref: refs/heads/master Examining an old version without creating a new branch ------------------------------------------------------ -The `git checkout` command normally expects a branch head, but will also +The `git switch` command normally expects a branch head, but will also accept an arbitrary commit; for example, you can check out the commit referenced by a tag: ------------------------------------------------ -$ git checkout v2.6.17 +$ git switch --detach v2.6.17 Note: checking out 'v2.6.17'. You are in 'detached HEAD' state. You can look around, make experimental changes and commit them, and you can discard any commits you make in this -state without impacting any branches by performing another checkout. +state without impacting any branches by performing another switch. If you want to create a new branch to retain commits you create, you may -do so (now or later) by using -b with the checkout command again. Example: +do so (now or later) by using -c with the switch command again. Example: - git checkout -b new_branch_name + git switch -c new_branch_name HEAD is now at 427abfa Linux v2.6.17 ------------------------------------------------ @@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ You might want to build on one of these remote-tracking branches on a branch of your own, just as you would for a tag: ------------------------------------------------ -$ git checkout -b my-todo-copy origin/todo +$ git switch -c my-todo-copy origin/todo ------------------------------------------------ You can also check out `origin/todo` directly to examine it or @@ -2211,8 +2211,8 @@ $ git branch --track release origin/master These can be easily kept up to date using linkgit:git-pull[1]. ------------------------------------------------- -$ git checkout test && git pull -$ git checkout release && git pull +$ git switch test && git pull +$ git switch release && git pull ------------------------------------------------- Important note! If you have any local changes in these branches, then @@ -2264,7 +2264,7 @@ tested changes 2) help future bug hunters that use `git bisect` to find problems ------------------------------------------------- -$ git checkout -b speed-up-spinlocks v2.6.35 +$ git switch -c speed-up-spinlocks v2.6.35 ------------------------------------------------- Now you apply the patch(es), run some tests, and commit the change(s). If @@ -2279,7 +2279,7 @@ When you are happy with the state of this change, you can merge it into the "test" branch in preparation to make it public: ------------------------------------------------- -$ git checkout test && git merge speed-up-spinlocks +$ git switch test && git merge speed-up-spinlocks ------------------------------------------------- It is unlikely that you would have any conflicts here ... but you might if you @@ -2291,7 +2291,7 @@ see the value of keeping each patch (or patch series) in its own branch. It means that the patches can be moved into the `release` tree in any order. ------------------------------------------------- -$ git checkout release && git merge speed-up-spinlocks +$ git switch release && git merge speed-up-spinlocks ------------------------------------------------- After a while, you will have a number of branches, and despite the @@ -2512,7 +2512,7 @@ Suppose that you create a branch `mywork` on a remote-tracking branch `origin`, and create some commits on top of it: ------------------------------------------------- -$ git checkout -b mywork origin +$ git switch -c mywork origin $ vi file.txt $ git commit $ vi otherfile.txt @@ -2552,7 +2552,7 @@ commits without any merges, you may instead choose to use linkgit:git-rebase[1]: ------------------------------------------------- -$ git checkout mywork +$ git switch mywork $ git rebase origin ------------------------------------------------- @@ -3668,13 +3668,13 @@ change within the submodule, and then update the superproject to reference the new commit: ------------------------------------------------- -$ git checkout master +$ git switch master ------------------------------------------------- or ------------------------------------------------- -$ git checkout -b fix-up +$ git switch -c fix-up ------------------------------------------------- then @@ -4194,7 +4194,7 @@ start. A good place to start is with the contents of the initial commit, with: ---------------------------------------------------- -$ git checkout e83c5163 +$ git switch --detach e83c5163 ---------------------------------------------------- The initial revision lays the foundation for almost everything Git has @@ -4437,10 +4437,10 @@ Managing branches ----------------- ----------------------------------------------- -$ git branch # list all local branches in this repo -$ git checkout test # switch working directory to branch "test" -$ git branch new # create branch "new" starting at current HEAD -$ git branch -d new # delete branch "new" +$ git branch # list all local branches in this repo +$ git switch test # switch working directory to branch "test" +$ git branch new # create branch "new" starting at current HEAD +$ git branch -d new # delete branch "new" ----------------------------------------------- Instead of basing a new branch on current HEAD (the default), use: @@ -4456,7 +4456,7 @@ $ git branch new test~10 # ten commits before tip of branch "test" Create and switch to a new branch at the same time: ----------------------------------------------- -$ git checkout -b new v2.6.15 +$ git switch -c new v2.6.15 ----------------------------------------------- Update and examine branches from the repository you cloned from: @@ -4467,7 +4467,7 @@ $ git branch -r # list origin/master origin/next ... -$ git checkout -b masterwork origin/master +$ git switch -c masterwork origin/master ----------------------------------------------- Fetch a branch from a different repository, and give it a new diff --git a/advice.c b/advice.c index 567209aa79..835219b51b 100644 --- a/advice.c +++ b/advice.c @@ -191,13 +191,16 @@ void NORETURN die_conclude_merge(void) void detach_advice(const char *new_name) { const char *fmt = - _("Note: checking out '%s'.\n\n" + _("Note: checking out '%s'.\n" + "\n" "You are in 'detached HEAD' state. You can look around, make experimental\n" "changes and commit them, and you can discard any commits you make in this\n" - "state without impacting any branches by performing another checkout.\n\n" + "state without impacting any branches by performing another checkout.\n" + "\n" "If you want to create a new branch to retain commits you create, you may\n" - "do so (now or later) by using -b with the checkout command again. Example:\n\n" - " git checkout -b <new-branch-name>\n\n"); + "do so (now or later) by using -b with the checkout command again. Example:\n" + "\n" + " git switch -c <new-branch-name>\n\n"); fprintf(stderr, fmt, new_name); } diff --git a/builtin/clone.c b/builtin/clone.c index 7c7f98c72c..b06f0ed735 100644 --- a/builtin/clone.c +++ b/builtin/clone.c @@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ static enum { static const char junk_leave_repo_msg[] = N_("Clone succeeded, but checkout failed.\n" "You can inspect what was checked out with 'git status'\n" - "and retry the checkout with 'git checkout -f HEAD'\n"); + "and retry the checkout with 'git switch -f HEAD'\n"); static void remove_junk(void) { diff --git a/sha1-name.c b/sha1-name.c index a656481c6a..e5f0832995 100644 --- a/sha1-name.c +++ b/sha1-name.c @@ -745,7 +745,7 @@ static int get_oid_basic(const char *str, int len, struct object_id *oid, "because it will be ignored when you just specify 40-hex. These refs\n" "may be created by mistake. For example,\n" "\n" - " git checkout -b $br $(git rev-parse ...)\n" + " git switch -c $br $(git rev-parse ...)\n" "\n" "where \"$br\" is somehow empty and a 40-hex ref is created. Please\n" "examine these refs and maybe delete them. Turn this message off by\n" diff --git a/t/t2020-checkout-detach.sh b/t/t2020-checkout-detach.sh index 1fa670625c..50f7d6c15c 100755 --- a/t/t2020-checkout-detach.sh +++ b/t/t2020-checkout-detach.sh @@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ test_expect_success 'describe_detached_head prints no SHA-1 ellipsis when not as If you want to create a new branch to retain commits you create, you may do so (now or later) by using -b with the checkout command again. Example: - git checkout -b <new-branch-name> + git switch -c <new-branch-name> HEAD is now at \$commit three EOF @@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ test_expect_success 'describe_detached_head does print SHA-1 ellipsis when asked If you want to create a new branch to retain commits you create, you may do so (now or later) by using -b with the checkout command again. Example: - git checkout -b <new-branch-name> + git switch -c <new-branch-name> HEAD is now at \$commit... three EOF -- 2.20.1.682.gd5861c6d90