git town switch

git town switch [<branch-name-regex>...] [-a | --all] [-d | --display-types] [-m | --merge] [-t <name> | --type <name>] [-v | --verbose]

The switch command displays the branch hierarchy on your machine and allows switching the current Git workspace to another local Git branch using VIM motion commands. It can filter the list of branches to particular branch types and regular expression matches.

git town switch reminds you about uncommitted changes in your workspace in case you forgot to commit them to the current branch.

Positional arguments

git town switch interprets all positional arguments as regular expressions. When receiving regular expressions from the user, it displays only the branches that match at least one of the regular expressions.

As an example, assuming all your branches start with me-, you can use this command to switch to one of them:

git town switch me-

To display all branches starting with me- and the main branch:

git town switch me- main

Options

-a
--all

The --all aka -a flag also displays both local and remote branches.

-d
--display-types

When enabled, this command displays the types for all branches except the main branch and feature branches.

-m
--merge

The --merge aka -m flag has the same effect as the git checkout -m flag.

-t <name>
--type <name>

The --type aka -t flag reduces the list of branches to those that have the given type(s). For example, to display only observed branches:

Switch to one of your observed branches:

git town switch --type=observed

Branch types can be shortened:

git town switch -t o

This can be further compacted to:

git town switch -to

You can provide multiple branch types separated by ,, +, &, or |, like this:

git town switch --type=observed+contribution

This can be shortened to:

git town switch -to+c

-v
--verbose

The --verbose aka -v flag prints all Git commands run under the hood to determine the repository state.