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

From: Markus Elfring <markus.elfring@web.de>
Date: Mar 17, 2010, 18:21 UTC
Message-ID: <4BA11D8C.5020007@web.de>
In-Reply-To: <7vaau6q18q.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>

>      If you made changes to paths that are different from the current
> branch and the new branch, the command will stop you in order to prevent
> you from losing your uncommited changes in potential conflicts between
> them and the changes between two branches.

I find it hard to realise what will be inside or outside of a path structure under the mentioned conditions.

Regards, Markus

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