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<h1>
git-switch(1) Manual Page
</h1>
<h2>NAME</h2>
<div class="sectionbody">
<p>git-switch -
   Switch branches
</p>
</div>
</div>
<div id="content">
<div class="sect1">
<h2 id="_synopsis">SYNOPSIS</h2>
<div class="sectionbody">
<div class="verseblock">
<pre class="content"><em>git switch</em> [&lt;options&gt;] [--no-guess] &lt;branch&gt;
<em>git switch</em> [&lt;options&gt;] --detach [&lt;start-point&gt;]
<em>git switch</em> [&lt;options&gt;] (-c|-C) &lt;new-branch&gt; [&lt;start-point&gt;]
<em>git switch</em> [&lt;options&gt;] --orphan &lt;new-branch&gt;</pre>
<div class="attribution">
</div></div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="sect1">
<h2 id="_description">DESCRIPTION</h2>
<div class="sectionbody">
<div class="paragraph"><p>Switch to a specified branch. The working tree and the index are
updated to match the branch. All new commits will be added to the tip
of this branch.</p></div>
<div class="paragraph"><p>Optionally a new branch could be created with either <code>-c</code>, <code>-C</code>,
automatically from a remote branch of same name (see <code>--guess</code>), or
detach the working tree from any branch with <code>--detach</code>, along with
switching.</p></div>
<div class="paragraph"><p>Switching branches does not require a clean index and working tree
(i.e. no differences compared to <code>HEAD</code>). The operation is aborted
however if the operation leads to loss of local changes, unless told
otherwise with <code>--discard-changes</code> or <code>--merge</code>.</p></div>
<div class="paragraph"><p>THIS COMMAND IS EXPERIMENTAL. THE BEHAVIOR MAY CHANGE.</p></div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="sect1">
<h2 id="_options">OPTIONS</h2>
<div class="sectionbody">
<div class="dlist"><dl>
<dt class="hdlist1">
&lt;branch&gt;
</dt>
<dd>
<p>
        Branch to switch to.
</p>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">
&lt;new-branch&gt;
</dt>
<dd>
<p>
        Name for the new branch.
</p>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">
&lt;start-point&gt;
</dt>
<dd>
<p>
        The starting point for the new branch. Specifying a
        <code>&lt;start-point&gt;</code> allows you to create a branch based on some
        other point in history than where HEAD currently points. (Or,
        in the case of <code>--detach</code>, allows you to inspect and detach
        from some other point.)
</p>
<div class="paragraph"><p>You can use the <code>@{-N}</code> syntax to refer to the N-th last
branch/commit switched to using "git switch" or "git checkout"
operation. You may also specify <code>-</code> which is synonymous to <code>@{-1}</code>.
This is often used to switch quickly between two branches, or to undo
a branch switch by mistake.</p></div>
<div class="paragraph"><p>As a special case, you may use <code>A...B</code> as a shortcut for the merge
base of <code>A</code> and <code>B</code> if there is exactly one merge base. You can leave
out at most one of <code>A</code> and <code>B</code>, in which case it defaults to <code>HEAD</code>.</p></div>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">
-c &lt;new-branch&gt;
</dt>
<dt class="hdlist1">
--create &lt;new-branch&gt;
</dt>
<dd>
<p>
        Create a new branch named <code>&lt;new-branch&gt;</code> starting at
        <code>&lt;start-point&gt;</code> before switching to the branch. This is a
        convenient shortcut for:
</p>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre><code>$ git branch &lt;new-branch&gt;
$ git switch &lt;new-branch&gt;</code></pre>
</div></div>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">
-C &lt;new-branch&gt;
</dt>
<dt class="hdlist1">
--force-create &lt;new-branch&gt;
</dt>
<dd>
<p>
        Similar to <code>--create</code> except that if <code>&lt;new-branch&gt;</code> already
        exists, it will be reset to <code>&lt;start-point&gt;</code>. This is a
        convenient shortcut for:
</p>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre><code>$ git branch -f &lt;new-branch&gt;
$ git switch &lt;new-branch&gt;</code></pre>
</div></div>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">
-d
</dt>
<dt class="hdlist1">
--detach
</dt>
<dd>
<p>
        Switch to a commit for inspection and discardable
        experiments. See the "DETACHED HEAD" section in
        <a href="git-checkout.html">git-checkout(1)</a> for details.
</p>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">
--guess
</dt>
<dt class="hdlist1">
--no-guess
</dt>
<dd>
<p>
        If <code>&lt;branch&gt;</code> is not found but there does exist a tracking
        branch in exactly one remote (call it <code>&lt;remote&gt;</code>) with a
        matching name, treat as equivalent to
</p>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre><code>$ git switch -c &lt;branch&gt; --track &lt;remote&gt;/&lt;branch&gt;</code></pre>
</div></div>
<div class="paragraph"><p>If the branch exists in multiple remotes and one of them is named by
the <code>checkout.defaultRemote</code> configuration variable, we&#8217;ll use that
one for the purposes of disambiguation, even if the <code>&lt;branch&gt;</code> isn&#8217;t
unique across all remotes. Set it to e.g. <code>checkout.defaultRemote=origin</code>
to always checkout remote branches from there if <code>&lt;branch&gt;</code> is
ambiguous but exists on the <em>origin</em> remote. See also
<code>checkout.defaultRemote</code> in <a href="git-config.html">git-config(1)</a>.</p></div>
<div class="paragraph"><p><code>--guess</code> is the default behavior. Use <code>--no-guess</code> to disable it.</p></div>
<div class="paragraph"><p>The default behavior can be set via the <code>checkout.guess</code> configuration
variable.</p></div>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">
-f
</dt>
<dt class="hdlist1">
--force
</dt>
<dd>
<p>
        An alias for <code>--discard-changes</code>.
</p>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">
--discard-changes
</dt>
<dd>
<p>
        Proceed even if the index or the working tree differs from
        <code>HEAD</code>. Both the index and working tree are restored to match
        the switching target. If <code>--recurse-submodules</code> is specified,
        submodule content is also restored to match the switching
        target. This is used to throw away local changes.
</p>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">
-m
</dt>
<dt class="hdlist1">
--merge
</dt>
<dd>
<p>
        If you have local modifications to one or more files that are
        different between the current branch and the branch to which
        you are switching, the command refuses to switch branches in
        order to preserve your modifications in context.  However,
        with this option, a three-way merge between the current
        branch, your working tree contents, and the new branch is
        done, and you will be on the new branch.
</p>
<div class="paragraph"><p>When a merge conflict happens, the index entries for conflicting
paths are left unmerged, and you need to resolve the conflicts
and mark the resolved paths with <code>git add</code> (or <code>git rm</code> if the merge
should result in deletion of the path).</p></div>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">
--conflict=&lt;style&gt;
</dt>
<dd>
<p>
        The same as <code>--merge</code> option above, but changes the way the
        conflicting hunks are presented, overriding the
        <code>merge.conflictStyle</code> configuration variable.  Possible values are
        "merge" (default), "diff3", and "zdiff3".
</p>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">
-q
</dt>
<dt class="hdlist1">
--quiet
</dt>
<dd>
<p>
        Quiet, suppress feedback messages.
</p>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">
--progress
</dt>
<dt class="hdlist1">
--no-progress
</dt>
<dd>
<p>
        Progress status is reported on the standard error stream
        by default when it is attached to a terminal, unless <code>--quiet</code>
        is specified. This flag enables progress reporting even if not
        attached to a terminal, regardless of <code>--quiet</code>.
</p>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">
-t
</dt>
<dt class="hdlist1">
--track [direct|inherit]
</dt>
<dd>
<p>
        When creating a new branch, set up "upstream" configuration.
        <code>-c</code> is implied. See <code>--track</code> in <a href="git-branch.html">git-branch(1)</a> for
        details.
</p>
<div class="paragraph"><p>If no <code>-c</code> option is given, the name of the new branch will be derived
from the remote-tracking branch, by looking at the local part of the
refspec configured for the corresponding remote, and then stripping
the initial part up to the "*".  This would tell us to use <code>hack</code> as
the local branch when branching off of <code>origin/hack</code> (or
<code>remotes/origin/hack</code>, or even <code>refs/remotes/origin/hack</code>).  If the
given name has no slash, or the above guessing results in an empty
name, the guessing is aborted.  You can explicitly give a name with
<code>-c</code> in such a case.</p></div>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">
--no-track
</dt>
<dd>
<p>
        Do not set up "upstream" configuration, even if the
        <code>branch.autoSetupMerge</code> configuration variable is true.
</p>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">
--orphan &lt;new-branch&gt;
</dt>
<dd>
<p>
        Create a new unborn branch, named <code>&lt;new-branch&gt;</code>. All
        tracked files are removed.
</p>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">
--ignore-other-worktrees
</dt>
<dd>
<p>
        <code>git switch</code> refuses when the wanted ref is already
        checked out by another worktree. This option makes it check
        the ref out anyway. In other words, the ref can be held by
        more than one worktree.
</p>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">
--recurse-submodules
</dt>
<dt class="hdlist1">
--no-recurse-submodules
</dt>
<dd>
<p>
        Using <code>--recurse-submodules</code> will update the content of all
        active submodules according to the commit recorded in the
        superproject. If nothing (or <code>--no-recurse-submodules</code>) is
        used, submodules working trees will not be updated. Just
        like <a href="git-submodule.html">git-submodule(1)</a>, this will detach <code>HEAD</code> of the
        submodules.
</p>
</dd>
</dl></div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="sect1">
<h2 id="_examples">EXAMPLES</h2>
<div class="sectionbody">
<div class="paragraph"><p>The following command switches to the "master" branch:</p></div>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre><code>$ git switch master</code></pre>
</div></div>
<div class="paragraph"><p>After working in the wrong branch, switching to the correct branch
would be done using:</p></div>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre><code>$ git switch mytopic</code></pre>
</div></div>
<div class="paragraph"><p>However, your "wrong" branch and correct "mytopic" branch may differ
in files that you have modified locally, in which case the above
switch would fail like this:</p></div>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre><code>$ git switch mytopic
error: You have local changes to 'frotz'; not switching branches.</code></pre>
</div></div>
<div class="paragraph"><p>You can give the <code>-m</code> flag to the command, which would try a three-way
merge:</p></div>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre><code>$ git switch -m mytopic
Auto-merging frotz</code></pre>
</div></div>
<div class="paragraph"><p>After this three-way merge, the local modifications are <em>not</em>
registered in your index file, so <code>git diff</code> would show you what
changes you made since the tip of the new branch.</p></div>
<div class="paragraph"><p>To switch back to the previous branch before we switched to mytopic
(i.e. "master" branch):</p></div>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre><code>$ git switch -</code></pre>
</div></div>
<div class="paragraph"><p>You can grow a new branch from any commit. For example, switch to
"HEAD~3" and create branch "fixup":</p></div>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre><code>$ git switch -c fixup HEAD~3
Switched to a new branch 'fixup'</code></pre>
</div></div>
<div class="paragraph"><p>If you want to start a new branch from a remote branch of the same
name:</p></div>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre><code>$ git switch new-topic
Branch 'new-topic' set up to track remote branch 'new-topic' from 'origin'
Switched to a new branch 'new-topic'</code></pre>
</div></div>
<div class="paragraph"><p>To check out commit <code>HEAD~3</code> for temporary inspection or experiment
without creating a new branch:</p></div>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre><code>$ git switch --detach HEAD~3
HEAD is now at 9fc9555312 Merge branch 'cc/shared-index-permbits'</code></pre>
</div></div>
<div class="paragraph"><p>If it turns out whatever you have done is worth keeping, you can
always create a new name for it (without switching away):</p></div>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre><code>$ git switch -c good-surprises</code></pre>
</div></div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="sect1">
<h2 id="_configuration">CONFIGURATION</h2>
<div class="sectionbody">
<div class="paragraph"><p>Everything below this line in this section is selectively included
from the <a href="git-config.html">git-config(1)</a> documentation. The content is the same
as what&#8217;s found there:</p></div>
<div class="dlist"><dl>
<dt class="hdlist1">
checkout.defaultRemote
</dt>
<dd>
<p>
        When you run <code>git checkout &lt;something&gt;</code>
        or <code>git switch &lt;something&gt;</code> and only have one
        remote, it may implicitly fall back on checking out and
        tracking e.g. <code>origin/&lt;something&gt;</code>. This stops working as soon
        as you have more than one remote with a <code>&lt;something&gt;</code>
        reference. This setting allows for setting the name of a
        preferred remote that should always win when it comes to
        disambiguation. The typical use-case is to set this to
        <code>origin</code>.
</p>
<div class="paragraph"><p>Currently this is used by <a href="git-switch.html">git-switch(1)</a> and
<a href="git-checkout.html">git-checkout(1)</a> when <code>git checkout &lt;something&gt;</code>
or <code>git switch &lt;something&gt;</code>
will checkout the <code>&lt;something&gt;</code> branch on another remote,
and by <a href="git-worktree.html">git-worktree(1)</a> when <code>git worktree add</code> refers to a
remote branch. This setting might be used for other checkout-like
commands or functionality in the future.</p></div>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">
checkout.guess
</dt>
<dd>
<p>
        Provides the default value for the <code>--guess</code> or <code>--no-guess</code>
        option in <code>git checkout</code> and <code>git switch</code>. See
        <a href="git-switch.html">git-switch(1)</a> and <a href="git-checkout.html">git-checkout(1)</a>.
</p>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">
checkout.workers
</dt>
<dd>
<p>
        The number of parallel workers to use when updating the working tree.
        The default is one, i.e. sequential execution. If set to a value less
        than one, Git will use as many workers as the number of logical cores
        available. This setting and <code>checkout.thresholdForParallelism</code> affect
        all commands that perform checkout. E.g. checkout, clone, reset,
        sparse-checkout, etc.
</p>
<div class="paragraph"><p>Note: Parallel checkout usually delivers better performance for repositories
located on SSDs or over NFS. For repositories on spinning disks and/or machines
with a small number of cores, the default sequential checkout often performs
better. The size and compression level of a repository might also influence how
well the parallel version performs.</p></div>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">
checkout.thresholdForParallelism
</dt>
<dd>
<p>
        When running parallel checkout with a small number of files, the cost
        of subprocess spawning and inter-process communication might outweigh
        the parallelization gains. This setting allows you to define the minimum
        number of files for which parallel checkout should be attempted. The
        default is 100.
</p>
</dd>
</dl></div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="sect1">
<h2 id="_see_also">SEE ALSO</h2>
<div class="sectionbody">
<div class="paragraph"><p><a href="git-checkout.html">git-checkout(1)</a>,
<a href="git-branch.html">git-branch(1)</a></p></div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="sect1">
<h2 id="_git">GIT</h2>
<div class="sectionbody">
<div class="paragraph"><p>Part of the <a href="git.html">git(1)</a> suite</p></div>
</div>
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