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Just a repo to sync my cursor skills, rules and commands.

Install

npx -y skills add MarcoAntolini/cursor-sync --skill git-checkout-branch

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Switches to a named branch; creates a new local branch only after explicit confirmation.

1.3 KB, 312 tokens by cl100k_base, as published. Nobody here has run it

branch = name from this message (trimmed). If missing, ask once and stop.

git status --short. If the working tree is dirty and git switch would fail, report and stop — commit/stash/discard only if the user says so in this message.
git fetch --all when network is allowed (skip and say so if forbidden).
Resolve and switch:
- Local branch exists → git switch branch
- Only on remote → git switch branch if Git tracks it unambiguously; else git switch -c branch --track origin/branch
- Neither local nor origin/branch → authorization gate (next section)
Done when: HEAD is on branch, or you stopped at a hard stop / unanswered create gate.

State that neither local nor origin/<branch> was found.
Ask whether to create local branch from current HEAD (or from a base the user named).
Create only on a clear yes (yes / proceed / create it). Otherwise stop.
On confirm: git switch -c branch (or git switch -c branch <base> if they named a base).