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Re: question concerning branches

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Avery Pennarun <apenwarr@gmail.com>
Date
Aug 19, 2009, 18:07 UTC
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On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 5:33 PM, Ingo Brueckl<ib@wupperonline.de> wrote:
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> Within a git repository, I do:
>
>  git branch test
>  git checkout test
>  # edit foo.bar
>  git checkout master
>
> I'd expect that master is in the exactly same unchanged state it was at
> branching time, but what a surprise, foo.bar is modified here, too!

You seem to have forgotten the "git commit" step before switching back to master. You have a modified file in your repository; what did you *want* to happen when you switched branches? (Many people find the current behaviour very convenient.)

You might also want to look at the "git stash" command.
Avery
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  1. Ingo BruecklAug 19, 2009
  2. Bruce StephensAug 19, 2009
  3. Avery PennarunAug 19, 2009
  4. Ingo BruecklAug 19, 2009
  5. Jakub NarebskiAug 19, 2009
  6. Ingo BruecklAug 19, 2009
  7. Avery PennarunAug 19, 2009
  8. Matthieu MoyAug 20, 2009
  9. Jacob HelwigAug 19, 2009
  10. Jakub NarebskiAug 19, 2009
  11. Theodore TsoAug 19, 2009
  12. Jakub NarebskiAug 19, 2009
  13. Theodore TsoAug 20, 2009
  14. Linus TorvaldsAug 19, 2009
  15. Randal L. SchwartzAug 20, 2009
  16. Ingo BruecklAug 20, 2009
  17. Johannes SixtAug 20, 2009
  18. Jakub NarebskiAug 20, 2009
  19. Junio C HamanoAug 19, 2009
  20. Ingo BruecklAug 19, 2009
  21. Andreas EricssonAug 20, 2009

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