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Posted by Yevgen Okhrimenko
Yevgen Okhrimenko
Courses Plus Student 840 Points

Task: Switch to the new_feature branch. > git checkout -b new_feature I get the ERROR: Wrong branch name...

Task: Switch to the new_feature branch.

git checkout -b new_feature I get the ERROR: Wrong branch name...

2 Answers

Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
56,413 Points
Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
56,413 Points

You're very close. The only issue is the -b flag is for creating a new branch, not switching to an existing one. To switch to an existing one just use the name of the branch without it: git checkout new_feature

eberhapa
eberhapa
51,495 Points
eberhapa
eberhapa
51,495 Points

Your code would create a new branch and switch to it. You just have to write "git checkout new_feature".