From: Hilco Wijbenga Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2011 20:25:38 GMT Subject: Re: Branches & directories Message-ID: In-Reply-To: On 17 August 2011 22:52, Michael Witten wrote: > On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 21:23, Hilco Wijbenga wrote: >> It would be really nice, though, if Git could somehow >> "stash" such files when checking out a different branch. In general, I >> would prefer if uncommitted changes and untracked and/or ignored files >> stuck to the branch where they were created. > > As an aside, the problem here is likely a manifestation of the fact > that nobody understands what a branch is; the word 'branch' is > TERRIBLE, as everyone has a different idea for what that should mean. > In my opinion, `git branch' should become `git ref' or the like. Are you saying that Git's branches are different from branches in other SCMs? How does my understanding of "branch" hinder me in the above scenario? Am I doing something wrong? Isn't a branch simply a way to track changes separately?