Function: magit-branch-and-checkout

magit-branch-and-checkout is an autoloaded, interactive and byte-compiled function defined in magit-branch.el.

Signature

(magit-branch-and-checkout BRANCH START-POINT &optional ARGS)

Documentation

Create and checkout BRANCH at branch or revision START-POINT.

Key Bindings

Source Code

;; Defined in ~/.emacs.d/elpa/magit-20260411.1452/magit-branch.el
;;;###autoload
(defun magit-branch-and-checkout (branch start-point &optional args)
  "Create and checkout BRANCH at branch or revision START-POINT."
  (declare (interactive-only magit-call-git))
  (interactive (append (magit-branch-read-args "Create and checkout branch")
                       (list (magit-branch-arguments))))
  (if (string-match-p "^stash@{[0-9]+}$" start-point)
      (magit-run-git "stash" "branch" branch start-point)
    (magit-run-git-async "checkout" args "-b" branch start-point)
    (set-process-sentinel
     magit-this-process
     (lambda (process event)
       (when (memq (process-status process) '(exit signal))
         (magit-branch-maybe-adjust-upstream branch start-point)
         (magit-process-sentinel process event))))))