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Discussion on: Git FAQs I Encounter Regularly

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Aaron Todd

I think there is a small mistake in that

git checkout new-branch-name

should probably be

git checkout -b new-branch-name

The first command will only work if new-branch-name already exists which would probably defeat the purpose :)

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Sanket Patel

Yes, I'm Sorry. You are correct @ozzyaaron . Thanks for pointing out. Updating the post.

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Aaron Todd

No worries! I know I don't make mistakes, but many other people do :P