Re: [PATCH] Clarification for the command "git checkout <branch>"

From: Avery Pennarun <apenwarr@gmail.com>
Date: Mar 18, 2010, 16:36 UTC
Message-ID: <32541b131003180936x746dad06k386788d3cb6fcdeb@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <4BA1FC39.10300@web.de>

On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 6:11 AM, Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@web.de> wrote:

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>> You may want retry the command after recording the local changes
>> (1) in a temporary commit on the current branch,
>
> Can commits be consistently marked for intermediate use?
> Can such "special" commits be easily found later on?

You just make the commit with a 'FIXME' type commit message, then 'git commit --amend' to fix it when you come back later.

>> or (2) by using "git stash".
>
> Is this storage operation supported per branch?
> Does a checkout look if any files were stashed away for the specified branch before?

stashing isn't really something you'd want to do on a per-branch basis. Most of the point is that you stash away your changes, then switch to another branch, then restore your stash to your *current* working state sometime later.

Have fun,

Avery