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Re: Git branches - confusing behavior

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DKDima Kagan <dima.kagan@gmail.com>
Date
May 11, 2008, 12:33 UTC
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>> Basically I see that the same file I edited on the 'test_branch'
>> branch appears to be modified on the 'master' branch as well. This
>> behavior is unwanted, of course.
>>
>> Can someone please tell me, what am doing wrong? Or is this git's
>> normal behavior?
>

I just realized that this behavior is even more confusing. If I commit the file on 'test_branch' and only then 'git checkout master' the changes are not visible on 'master' until I merge. So why should 'master' be affected by uncommitted changes on some branch???

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  1. Dima KaganMay 11, 2008
  2. Jakub NarebskiMay 11, 2008
  3. Dima KaganMay 11, 2008
  4. David SymondsMay 11, 2008
  5. Dima KaganMay 11, 2008
  6. David SymondsMay 11, 2008
  7. Dima KaganMay 11, 2008
  8. Steve FrécinauxMay 11, 2008
  9. Jakub NarebskiMay 11, 2008
  10. Dima KaganMay 11, 2008
  11. Björn SteinbrinkMay 11, 2008
  12. Dima KaganMay 11, 2008
  13. Björn SteinbrinkMay 11, 2008
  14. Dima KaganMay 11, 2008
  15. Teemu LikonenMay 11, 2008
  16. Miles BaderMay 12, 2008
  17. Theodore TsoMay 11, 2008
  18. Dima KaganMay 11, 2008
  19. Patrick AljordMay 11, 2008

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