[jspiros]

Creating a branch with

  git branch bugFix

does not automatically check it out, so you'd have to follow it up with

  git checkout bugFix

but if you do

  git checkout -b bugFix

it will create the branch and then check it out all in one step.

[xxbondsxx]

Yep! Exactly. The status of the current branch your on is designated by the asterisk (like in real git), but in retrospect I guess it could be a bit more clear...

[nodesocket]

Yup, makes sense. Thanks.