diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0c0e352..fe6389f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 ## [Unreleased]
 
 ### Changed
-
 - make `status` subcommand more ergonomic
+- refactor `branch` subcommand into `checkout`
 
 ## [v0.1.0] - 2022-07-17
 
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index f6aaa02..71d7ab8 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ fn main() {
     let args = parse_args();
 
     let work_dir = args
-        .path
+        .workspace
         .unwrap_or_else(|| std::env::current_dir().expect("Unable to obtain current_dir"));
     let mut vcs = match vcs::Vcs::new(work_dir) {
         Ok(val) => val,
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ fn main() {
     };
 
     match args.command {
-        Commands::Branch(BranchCommand::Set { branch }) => {
-            vcs.set_branch(&branch)
+        Commands::Branch(BranchCommand::Set { branch, projects }) => {
+            vcs.set_branch(&branch, projects)
                 .expect("Error setting branch on projects");
         }
         Commands::Profile(ProfileCommand::Save { profile }) => {
diff --git a/src/vcs.rs b/src/vcs.rs
index 5a1028a..f228d3f 100644
--- a/src/vcs.rs
+++ b/src/vcs.rs
@@ -230,20 +230,37 @@ impl Vcs {
             return Ok(());
         }
 
-        self.set_projects_using(profile_name, |project| {
+        self.set_projects_using(profile_name, None, |project| {
             project.switch_to_profile(profile_name)
         })
     }
 
-    pub fn set_branch(&mut self, branch_name: &str) -> Result<(), Error> {
-        self.set_projects_using(branch_name, |project| project.repo.checkout(branch_name))
+    pub fn set_branch(
+        &mut self,
+        branch_name: &str,
+        projects: Option<Vec<String>>,
+    ) -> Result<(), Error> {
+        self.set_projects_using(branch_name, projects, |project| {
+            project.repo.checkout(branch_name)
+        })
     }
 
-    fn set_projects_using<F>(&mut self, dest_name: &str, setter: F) -> Result<(), Error>
+    fn set_projects_using<F>(
+        &mut self,
+        dest_name: &str,
+        projects: Option<Vec<String>>,
+        setter: F,
+    ) -> Result<(), Error>
     where
         F: Fn(&mut Project) -> Result<String, Error>,
     {
         for project in &mut self.projects {
+            if let Some(only_projects) = &projects {
+                if !only_projects.iter().any(|p| p == project.name()) {
+                    continue;
+                }
+            }
+
             let current_ref = project.repo.current_ref()?;
             // stash changes before moving project off to a new ref
             let stashed_changes = project.repo.stash_changes(&current_ref)?;
diff --git a/src/vcs/cli.rs b/src/vcs/cli.rs
index 8a6c21b..e52841c 100644
--- a/src/vcs/cli.rs
+++ b/src/vcs/cli.rs
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ pub struct Cli {
     #[clap(subcommand)]
     pub command: Commands,
     /// Path to workspace folder, defaults to CWD
-    #[clap(short = 'p')]
-    pub path: Option<PathBuf>,
+    #[clap(short = 'w')]
+    pub workspace: Option<PathBuf>,
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, Parser)]
@@ -45,5 +45,10 @@ pub enum ProfileCommand {
 pub enum BranchCommand {
     /// Switch all projects in workspace to given branch
     #[clap(arg_required_else_help = true)]
-    Set { branch: String },
+    Set {
+        branch: String,
+        /// Project list, do any operation only on projects in this list (*comma separated*)
+        #[clap(short = 'p')]
+        projects: Option<Vec<String>>,
+    },
 }