diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 894abcb6..5e56e34a 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -31,6 +31,6 @@ VignetteBuilder:
     knitr
 Encoding: UTF-8
 Roxygen: list(markdown = TRUE)
-RoxygenNote: 7.3.3
+RoxygenNote: 7.3.3.9000
 SystemRequirements: libgit2 (>= 1.0): libgit2-devel (rpm) or libgit2-dev (deb)
 Language: en-US
diff --git a/NAMESPACE b/NAMESPACE
index 35ae0c57..7f88d59b 100644
--- a/NAMESPACE
+++ b/NAMESPACE
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ export(git_branch_fast_forward)
 export(git_branch_list)
 export(git_branch_move)
 export(git_branch_set_upstream)
+export(git_branch_switch)
 export(git_checkout_pull_request)
 export(git_cherry_pick)
 export(git_clone)
diff --git a/R/branch.R b/R/branch.R
index b5d2ab59..7034ba5b 100644
--- a/R/branch.R
+++ b/R/branch.R
@@ -61,6 +61,10 @@ git_branch_checkout <- function(
   .Call(R_git_checkout_branch, repo, branch, force)
 }
 
+#' @rdname git_branch
+#' @export
+git_branch_switch <- git_branch_checkout
+
 #' @export
 #' @rdname git_branch
 #' @useDynLib gert R_git_create_branch
diff --git a/man/git_branch.Rd b/man/git_branch.Rd
index 68ea9db2..f1b64f27 100644
--- a/man/git_branch.Rd
+++ b/man/git_branch.Rd
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 \alias{git_branch}
 \alias{git_branch_list}
 \alias{git_branch_checkout}
+\alias{git_branch_switch}
 \alias{git_branch_create}
 \alias{git_branch_delete}
 \alias{git_branch_move}
@@ -18,6 +19,8 @@ git_branch_list(local = NULL, repo = ".")
 
 git_branch_checkout(branch, force = FALSE, orphan = FALSE, repo = ".")
 
+git_branch_switch(branch, force = FALSE, orphan = FALSE, repo = ".")
+
 git_branch_create(
   branch,
   ref = "HEAD",