$ cg-switch -r v1.0 v1.x
cg-switch - switch your current local branch
cg-switch [-f] [-n] [-r COMMIT_ID] BRANCH
cg-switch(1) can switch your current local branch (and working copy) to an existing branch, or create a new branch based on a given commit.
Terminology note: This command concerns local branches (also called "heads"), not remote branches (those managed by cg-branch-add(1)).
Note that cg-switch(1) is meant for permanent switching of your current local branch (permanent in the sense that you are going to work on it; you can obviously cg-switch(1) again later). If you want to just causually explore the current state of a particular branch of commit, use cg-seek(1).
Force the branch's head pointer to be updated to whatever you passed as the -r argument even if the branch already exists. WARNING: The pointer to the original contents of the branch will be lost! The contents itself will not be deleted right away, git-fsck-objects --unreachable might help you to find it. Besides, this can get very troublesome if you are pushing the branch out - please refer to the documentation of a close relative, cg-admin-uncommit(1).
Do not switch your current branch to the given branch. This will make cg-switch to only create or update the branch, but leave your working copy alone.
Point the branch at the given commit. Required when creating a new branch (use "HEAD" if you want to just base the new head on the current commit). When switching to an existing branch, the branch pointer is modified if -r is passed and confirmed by -f.
Print usage summary.
Print user manual. The same as found in cg-switch(1).
To create a "v1.x" branch based on the commit "v1.0" and switch the working copy to it, making it your current branch, do:
$ cg-switch -r v1.0 v1.x
If you want to create the branch (let's say based on the current commit) but don't switch your working copy to it (so that your current branch stays the same as before), do:
$ cg-switch -n -r HEAD v1.x
If you want to go back to the master branch, just do:
$ cg-switch master
To change the "v1.x" branch to refer to the latest commit on the "testing" branch, do (WARNING: you will lose the pointer to the original contents of the "v1.x" branch, be careful!):
$ cg-switch -f -r testing v1.x
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