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git checkout problem

Subject: git checkout problem

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2 messages between Feb 23, 2013 and Feb 23, 2013.

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J.V.· Feb 23, 2013, 00:30 UTC · lore

I was on my master branch, I checked out a branch (origin/somebranch), did nothing, made no updates but did a few git pulls over about a week; made a small change to one file & comitted & pushed.

Now am trying to go back to my master branch and get:

error: The following untracked working tree files would be overwritten 
by checkout:
         lib/derbyclient.jar
Please move or remove them before you can switch branches.
Aborting

I did not put that file there, how do I get back to my master branch? I do not want to muck up the branch that I am now one. Obviously someone put derbyclient.jar there, not sure, but it is supposed to be there so do not want to remove.

any ideas?

Andreas Schwab· Feb 23, 2013, 08:19 UTC · re: J.V. · lore

Re: git checkout problem

"J.V." <jvsrvcs@gmail.com> writes:

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> Now am trying to go back to my master branch and get:
>
> error: The following untracked working tree files would be overwritten by
> checkout:
>         lib/derbyclient.jar
> Please move or remove them before you can switch branches.
> Aborting

When in doubt, try running "git status".  What does it say?

Andreas.

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