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Re: can anybody explain the following to a git noob?

From
Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@viscovery.net>
Date
May 22, 2009, 10:44 UTC
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Tim Uckun schrieb:
> I still don't have an answer as to why the renamed test_new directory
> exists master branch and why both the original 'test' directory and
> the renamed 'test_new' directory are missing subdirectories.

Did test_new contain ignored files? In this case, when you checkout the branch that does not have test_new, only the tracked files are removed; the ignored (i.e untracked) files remain. Therefore, after the checkout you still have a test_new directory.

-- Hannes
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  1. Tim UckunMay 22, 2009
  2. Avery PennarunMay 22, 2009
  3. Tim UckunMay 22, 2009
  4. Andreas EricssonMay 22, 2009
  5. Tim UckunMay 22, 2009
  6. Johannes SixtMay 22, 2009
  7. Tim UckunMay 22, 2009
  8. Julian PhillipsMay 22, 2009
  9. Tim UckunMay 23, 2009
  10. Andreas EricssonMay 22, 2009
  11. Daniel BarkalowMay 22, 2009
  12. Tim UckunMay 23, 2009
  13. Heiko VoigtMay 25, 2009
  14. Tim UckunMay 25, 2009
  15. Sitaram ChamartyMay 22, 2009
  16. Dan LoewenherzMay 22, 2009

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