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=C3=86var Arnfj=C3=B6r=C3=B0 Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com> writes:

>     | Switch with --merge       | git switch -m branch   | git switch -=
-merge branch |
>     | Create                    | git switch -c new      | git switch -=
n new         |
>     | Create from existing      | N/A                    | git switch -=
c new [<old>] |

I agree that adding a way to "clone", which is missing from
"checkout/switch/branch", is a good idea.  I do not necessarily
think it is a good idea to say "-n" is "new" or "-c" is not "create"
but is "clone/copy".  As you said yourself in a later paragraph,
"-n" sometimes is "--dry-run", and as we can see here "-c" in the
context of a command that can create and clone (with two verbs
behaving differently) is ambiguous.

Starting with a spelled out --copy vs --create without muddying the
water with -n may be a sensible way forward.