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Comment by mixedmath | Hacker News Reader

Possibly `git branch NEWBRANCHNAME` instead of `git checkout -b NEWBRANCHNAME`. When I need to show git to someone in order for them to contribute to something, I give them only these incantations --- and instructions to ask me if weird git things happen.

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You then need to do both `git branch xxx` and `git checkout xxx` though.

If you teach "checkout to move around and add -b when moving to a new branch the first time" that works pretty well

It's `git switch [-c]` nowadays.

I've given up trying to configure git push the branch I'm on so I type this little dance each time :

    git switch -c foo
    git push 
    > did you mean git push --args-with-branch-name?
    sigh, copy, paste, enter

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