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git-add and index

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BLbill lam <cbill.lam@gmail.com>
Date
Mar 3, 2009, 07:20 UTC
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I have 2 questions related to index
1. Is it safe to just git-add (without commit) for local changes made
   before checkout or switch to another branch?
2. How to checkout the changes as recorded in index from git-add that
   not yet commit to the working tree?
Thanks!
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