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Re: [BUG?] After 'git checkout', files deleted upstream are left in the working directory as untracked

From
Philippe Blain <levraiphilippeblain@gmail.com>
Date
Oct 11, 2020, 16:19 UTC
Message-ID
<7F30E2AB-D742-4581-9AF8-6138A45A3F22@gmail.com>
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Hi Johannes, 
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> Le 11 oct. 2020 à 02:58, Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org> a écrit :
> 
> Am 10.10.20 um 18:43 schrieb Philippe Blain:
>> The thing is, I can't reproduce it on a fresh clone. If I could, this would be a reproducer:
>> 
>> ```
>> $ git clone git@github.com:phil-blain/git.git && cd git
>> $ git checkout stale-branch
>> $ git checkout other-branch
>> $ git status # the following is what is shown in my old clone
>> On branch other-branch
>> Untracked files:
>>  (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed)
>> 
>> 	git-legacy-stash
>> 	git-remote-testsvn
>> 	t/helper/test-line-buffer
>> 	t/helper/test-svn-fe
>> 
>> nothing added to commit but untracked files present (use "git add" to track)
>> ```
> 
> This is normal. These 4 files are build products and were never
> committed files. They had been mentioned in .gitignore in the past, but
> are not anymore.
Oops, I should've checked that. Thanks for answering!
Philippe.
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  1. Philippe BlainOct 10, 2020
  2. Johannes SixtOct 11, 2020
  3. Philippe BlainOct 11, 2020
  4. Johannes SchindelinOct 12, 2020

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