`git switch` Move to another branch

Changes the branch you are working on, updating your files to match. It is a clearer, safer replacement for the branch-switching part of git checkout.

Synopsis

git switch [OPTION]... BRANCH
git switch -c NEW-BRANCH [START-POINT]

Common options

Option or form	What it does
`-c NAME`	Create a new branch and switch to it
`-`	Switch back to the previous branch
`-d, --detach`	Check out a commit without a branch, to look around
`--track`	When switching to a remote branch, set up tracking
`-f, --discard-changes`	Throw away local changes to switch

Examples

Switch to an existing branch

git switch main

Switched to branch 'main'

Create a branch and start working

git switch -c feature/search

Create a branch from a tag

git switch -c hotfix v1.2.0

Go back to where you just were

git switch -

Work on a branch that exists on origin

git switch feature/login

Notes

If you have uncommitted changes that clash with the target branch, Git refuses. Commit or stash first.
If only one remote has a branch with that name, git switch NAME creates a tracking branch for it.
Available in Git 2.23 and later.

git switch Move to another branch

Synopsis

Common options

Examples

Notes

See also

`git switch` Move to another branch