I've just created a branch from a previous commit with the command
git branch thenewbranch 03771674c482e4611cc48ee120a16a91dfb2793d
Now I want to checkout the branch to work with in Eclipse with
$ git checkout -b thenewbranch
But i got this error
fatal: A branch named 'thenewbranch' already exists.
git checkout -b thenewbranch
means create a new branch called "thenewbranch" and then go into it
you only need to
git checkout thenewbranch
git checkout -b|-B [] Specifying -b causes a new branch to be created as if git-branch[1] were called and then checked out. In this case you can use the --track or --no-track options, which will be passed to git branch. As a convenience, --track without -b implies branch creation; see the description of --track below.
If -B is given, is created if it doesn’t exist; otherwise, it is reset. This is the transactional equivalent of
You don't need to specify -b.
Simply:
git branch thenewbranch 03771674c4
git checkout thenewbranch
The -b option is a different behavior, it means you actually want to create a new branch called thenewbranch from you current HEAD (implicit).
Always create branch and push the changes.You will not face the problem
git checkout -b newbranch 03771674c482e4611cc48ee120a16a91dfb2793d
git push --set-upstream origin newbranch
