Why there is error coming while creating branch through terminal in VS code for my migration

Question

git checkout -b<sd_6153_update_mapfre_bop_question>

By giving this command to create branch and switch to it, I am getting this o/p.

I don't have idea why this is happening:

zsh: parse error near `\n'

It's because you used `>` without a file name. You would have gotten a different error if you wrote `git checkout -b ` angle brackets in your command? — torek, Aug 20 '21 at 05:43

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 20 '21 at 01:03

On Linux (since zsh is involved):

upgrade Git
go to zsh session (not in VSCode but in a separate shell outside VScode)
test if creating a branch would work there (using the newer command git switch instead of git checkout)

That is:

cd /path/to/repository
git switch -c sd_6153_update_mapfre_bop_question

Note: no < >, which would not be interpreted correctly by the shell.

Once that is working (confirmed by a git status), go back to VSCode.

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