Being that there could be multiple support branches existing simultaneously along with the main branch, the gitflow command should enable one to switch from working on a bugfix/feature/release branch to a hotfix branch or from a hotfix branch parented by one support branch to a hotfix branch parented by a different support branch (or the main branch).
$ git flow version
1.11.0 (AVH Edition)
$ git flow hotfix checkout ...
Unknown subcommand: 'checkout'
usage: git flow hotfix [list]
or: git flow hotfix start
or: git flow hotfix finish
or: git flow hotfix publish
or: git flow hotfix delete
Manage your hotfix branches.
For more specific help type the command followed by --help
Being that there could be multiple support branches existing simultaneously along with the main branch, the
gitflow
command should enable one to switch from working on a bugfix/feature/release branch to a hotfix branch or from a hotfix branch parented by one support branch to a hotfix branch parented by a different support branch (or the main branch).