2019, so 4-5 years ago so not that recent but not ancient either. But unfortunately tutorials have not been updated.
I would say that the biggest benefit of git switch
is that you can’t switch to a detached state without using a flag (–detached
or -d
). If you do git co $tag
or git co $sha-1
you may get at one point the error “you are in a detached state” which is ununderstable for begginers. To get the same error with git switch
you must explicitely use git switch --detached $tag/$sha-1
which makes it much easier to understand and remember that you are going to do something unusual.
More generally it’s harder to misuse git switch
/git restore
. And it’s easier to explain them since the only do one thing (unlike git checkout
which is a mess !).
So if it’s only for you git checkout
is fine, but I would still advice to use git switch
and git restore
so you will have an easier time to teach/help begginers.
ericjmorey@programming.dev 11 months ago
Yes
git restore
andgit switch
were made specifically to be simplified, more specific commands which are safe from performing destructive actions without warning. They were implemented in Git 2.23.0 in 2019.