Re: [PATCH] checkout: add --autostash option for branch switching

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Apr 9, 2026, 18:35 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqbjfst21y.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <20260409120631.12207-1-haraldnordgren@gmail.com>

Harald Nordgren <haraldnordgren@gmail.com> writes:

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> Update on this: I realized that the issues I ran into was happening
> because of a sub-shell, so it's resolved by running like this:
>
>     export GIT_EXEC_PATH=/Users/Harald/git-repos/github.com/git/git && \
>       /Users/Harald/git-repos/github.com/git/git/git checkout -m -
>
> So thus, it's not a real problem.

In other words, you were not consistently trying the version of Git you just built?

Thanks for a good news.

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