From: Michael Witten Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2011 05:52:02 GMT Subject: Re: Branches & directories Message-ID: In-Reply-To: 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. One of git's worst faults is that a complicated and imprecise interface has been draped over a very simple and precise underlying structure.