Checking out a remote branch results in detached HEAD instead of creating local branch

[kleinpetr]

Hi,
when I fetch a remote repository and try to check out one of the remote branches (e.g. origin/develop), Zed puts me into a detached HEAD state.

In other editors like VS Code, checking out a remote branch automatically creates a local branch that tracks the remote one (which I believe is equivalent to running git switch -c develop origin/develop under the hood). That way, I can work on the branch right away without manually creating and checking it out.

In Zed, I need to manually create the branch with git switch -c feature origin/feature or similar to avoid the detached state, which breaks the flow a bit.

It would be great if Zed could offer an option (or default behavior) to automatically create a local tracking branch when checking out a remote one.

Thanks!

[lnay]

I vote for "option" instead of "default"