Magit: What is the difference between checking out a new branch and
creating a new branch?
reddit / emacs

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vfclists · 2022-04-27 14:23

In the Magit branch options, there is `Checkout` and `Create` for
branches and `spin-off` and `spin-out`.

What is the difference between them? I understand checking out a new
branch as making a copy of the current branch and working on it.

But when you create a new branch or a `spin-out` are you creating a
branch linked to nothing at all, like a branch empty of any code at
all?

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tomratboy · 2022-04-27 14:50

Checkout - current commit on current branch

Create branch - specify commit/branch

Spin-off - create new branch off current commit and reset old branch
to upstream

Spin-out - create a new branch off current commit but doesn't reset
old branch

This might be useful:
https://magit.vc/manual/magit/Branch-Commands.html

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tdavey · 2022-04-27 15:57

Meta comment: tomratboy writes an essentially perfect reply to a
request for help. It's a model to follow: answers the questions
precisely and concisely, and concludes with a link to the relevant
doc.

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collapsing_spacetime · 2022-04-27 17:16

One is the first boss of Stormhill castle, the other is a boss in
Leyndell.
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oh... you meant Magit...

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mickeyp · 2022-04-27 20:41

... git gud?

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tdavey · 2022-04-27 21:43

Hey Mickey, I gave you a little shout-out in this current r/emacs
thread: [https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/ucldkz/are\_we\_livin
g\_in\_the\_golden\_age\_of\_emacs/](https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/co
mments/ucldkz/are_we_living_in_the_golden_age_of_emacs/).

Thanks for all you do for Emacs.

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mickeyp · 2022-04-28 05:20

Thanks :)

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