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title: glab mr checkout
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Check out an open merge request.

```plaintext
glab mr checkout [<id> | <branch> | <url>] [flags]
```

## Examples

```console
$ glab mr checkout 1
$ glab mr checkout branch
$ glab mr checkout 12 --branch todo-fix
$ glab mr checkout new-feature --set-upstream-to=upstream/main
$ glab mr checkout https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cli/-/merge_requests/1234

# Uses the checked-out branch
$ glab mr checkout

```

## Options

```plaintext
  -b, --branch string            Check out merge request with name <branch>.
  -u, --set-upstream-to string   Set tracking of checked-out branch to [REMOTE/]BRANCH.
```

## Options inherited from parent commands

```plaintext
  -h, --help              Show help for this command.
  -R, --repo OWNER/REPO   Select another repository. Can use either OWNER/REPO or `GROUP/NAMESPACE/REPO` format. Also accepts full URL or Git URL.
```
