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-rw-r--r--builtin/checkout.c9
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/builtin/checkout.c b/builtin/checkout.c
index 0a3679eb77..1283727761 100644
--- a/builtin/checkout.c
+++ b/builtin/checkout.c
@@ -1708,6 +1708,15 @@ int cmd_checkout(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
opts.checkout_index = -2; /* default on */
opts.checkout_worktree = -2; /* default on */
+ if (argc == 3 && !strcmp(argv[1], "-b")) {
+ /*
+ * User ran 'git checkout -b <branch>' and expects
+ * the same behavior as 'git switch -c <branch>'.
+ */
+ opts.switch_branch_doing_nothing_is_ok = 0;
+ opts.only_merge_on_switching_branches = 1;
+ }
+
options = parse_options_dup(checkout_options);
options = add_common_options(&opts, options);
options = add_common_switch_branch_options(&opts, options);