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Errors from the initial git switch are not displayed for a direct jump mode in case branch name is incorrect #7

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When switching into a branch using git jump <branch-name> and git could not make a switch (for example you have uncommitted changes), git-jump won't display an error message from the native git switch in case <branch-name> does not fuzzy-match any of the local branches.

git-jump will say <branch-name> does not match any branch, which might be confusing in case there is such branch but it's remote. In this case, there is an underlying error that prevents a switch, but git-jump never shows it.

See jumpTo() function.

The core issue here is that git-jump tries native git switch with all provided arguments first and, if that fails, assumes there is no exact match for the provided branch name and proceeds to fuzzy-search. While in fact there might be some other errors not related to the branch name. Also, at the point when git-jump goes to fuzzy search, it drops all the other arguments and uses only the first one, which is also unintuitive.

A holistic solution would be:

  • Use fuzzy-search only when there is one argument provided, in all other cases use git switch straight away. This will be a more predictable behavior and will match the interactive mode, where you also cannot provide any arguments when switching into a branch.
  • Update README to describe the distinction between git jump <branch-name> which will use fuzzy-search and git jump <branch-name> [options] which will use git switch directly without fuzzy-search.

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