with a
	matching name, treat as equivalent to
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$ git switch -c <branch> --track <remote>/<branch>
------------
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If the branch exists in multiple remotes and one of them is named by
the `checkout.defaultRemote` configuration variable, we'll use that
one for the purposes of disambiguation, even if the _<branch>_ isn't
unique across all remotes. Set it to e.g. `checkout.defaultRemote=origin`
to always checkout remote branches from there if _<branch>_ is
ambiguous but exists on the 'origin' remote. See also
`checkout.defaultRemote` in linkgit:git-config[1].
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`--guess` is the default behavior. Use `--no-guess` to disable it.
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The default behavior can be set via the `checkout.guess` configuration
variable.

`-f`::
`--force`::
	An alias for `--discard-changes`.

`--discard-changes`::
	Proceed even if the index or the working tree differs from
	`HEAD`. Both the index and working tree are restored to match
	the switching target. If `--recurse-submodules` is specified,
	submodule content is also restored to match the switching
	target. This is used to throw away local changes.

`-m`::
`--merge`::
	If you have local modifications to one or more files that are
	different between the current branch and the branch to which
	you are switching, the command refuses to switch branches in
	order to preserve your modifications in context.  However,
	with this option, a three-way merge between the current
	branch, your working tree contents, and the new branch is
	done, and you will be on the new branch.
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When a merge conflict happens, the index entries for conflicting
paths are left unmerged, and you need to resolve the conflicts
and mark the resolved paths with `git add` (or `git rm` if the merge
should result in deletion of the path).

`--conflict=<style>`::
	The same as `--merge` option above, but changes the way the
	conflicting hunks are presented, overriding the
	`merge.conflictStyle` configuration variable.  Possible values are
	`merge` (default), `diff3`, and `zdiff3`.

`-q`::
`--quiet`::
	Quiet, suppress feedback messages.

`--progress`::
`--no-progress`::
	Progress status is reported on the standard error stream
	by default when it is attached to a terminal, unless `--quiet`
	is specified. This flag enables progress reporting even if not
	attached to a terminal, regardless of `--quiet`.

`-t`::
`--track[ (direct|inherit)]`::
	When creating a new branch, set up "upstream" configuration.
	`-c` is implied. See `--track` in linkgit:git-branch[1] for
	details.
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If no `-c` option is given, the name of the new branch will be derived
from the remote-tracking branch, by looking at the local part of the
refspec configured for the corresponding remote, and then stripping
the initial part up to the "*".  This would tell us to use `hack` as
the local branch when branching off of `origin/hack` (or
`remotes/origin/hack`, or even `refs/remotes/origin/hack`).  If the
given name has no slash, or the above guessing results in an empty