From: Bruce Stephens <bruce.stephens@isode.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 18:07:07 GMT
Subject: Re: question concerning branches
Message-ID: <80skfn4r04.fsf@tiny.isode.net>
In-Reply-To: <4a8c373f@wupperonline.de>

ib@wupperonline.de (Ingo Brueckl) writes:

> I'm a git novice and have a comprehension question concerning branches.
>
> Within a git repository, I do:
>
>   git branch test
>   git checkout test
>   # edit foo.bar
>   git checkout master
>
> I'd expect that master is in the exactly same unchanged state it was at
> branching time, but what a surprise, foo.bar is modified here, too!

You didn't commit your change to foo.bar.

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> What must I do to get a test branch I can't work without affecting master?

commit changes.