From: Philippe Blain <levraiphilippeblain@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2020 16:19:17 GMT
Subject: Re: [BUG?] After 'git checkout', files deleted upstream are left in the working directory as untracked
Message-ID: <7F30E2AB-D742-4581-9AF8-6138A45A3F22@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <8f88733f-4f20-6215-00a8-de3024b8c4cb@kdbg.org>

Hi Johannes, 

> 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.