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In what way would you say checkout is misleading? I'd love to dive into that 😄
I did a quick search for git restore and it seems it's still experimental, so I wonder if it's a good idea to advice that. I'll definitely try it out the next time I need it, tho!
I said "misleading" in the sense that it's used for various purposes - Using checkout you can:
Create a branch (with the -b flag)
Switch to a branch
Reset and revert file
Now, you can use git switch and git restore to avoid such confusion with the checkout command - switch -c creates a branch, switch switches to a branch, and restore is for reverting.
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Yeah that makes more sense! I get what you are saying and I agree that having the specific command is much clearer. I'm still a little thrown off by the experimental part of the command. All in due time I suppose :)
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Since Git 2.23.0, you can use
git restore. It's a huge improvement over the sometimes-misleading checkout command.In what way would you say
checkoutis misleading? I'd love to dive into that 😄I did a quick search for
git restoreand it seems it's still experimental, so I wonder if it's a good idea to advice that. I'll definitely try it out the next time I need it, tho!Sorry for the confusion.
I said "misleading" in the sense that it's used for various purposes - Using
checkoutyou can:-bflag)Now, you can use
git switchandgit restoreto avoid such confusion with thecheckoutcommand -switch -ccreates a branch,switchswitches to a branch, andrestoreis for reverting.Yeah that makes more sense! I get what you are saying and I agree that having the specific command is much clearer. I'm still a little thrown off by the experimental part of the command. All in due time I suppose :)