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Prevent switching branches when local modifications exist

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CBChristoph Bartoschek <ponto@pontohonk.de>
Date
Jun 13, 2012, 22:52 UTC
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Hi,

how can I prevent that git allows me to switch branches when there are uncommited local modifications?

[14.1 (steiner_topo)]$ git checkout -b ergo Switched to a new branch 'ergo' [14.1 (ergo)]$ echo blub >> src/invtree.C [14.1 (ergo)]$ git checkout steiner_topo M src/invtree.C Switched to branch 'steiner_topo' [14.1 (steiner_topo)]$ 

How can the last checkout be prevented?
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Christoph Bartoschek
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