avoiding-git-checkout.md

Avoiding git-checkout

git-checkout, the Swiss army knife™ of git, has various pieces of functionality built in. Two I've picked up over the years have since been moved into other functions, which has made git-checkout obsolete for me and reduced autopilot induced git-checkout anxiety:

Switching branches:

# instead of `git checkout master`:
$ git switch branch-name
# to create and switch to a new branch
$ git switch -c new-branch-name

Resetting files back to state at last commit:

# instead of `git checkout -- .`
$ git restore .

Gone is the fear of accidentally destroying all of your uncommitted changes when switching branches.

git-switch docs