Re: question concerning branches

[Avery Pennarun <apenwarr@gmail.com>]

On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 5:33 PM, Ingo Brueckl<ib@wupperonline.de> wrote:
> Within a git repository, I do:
>
>  git branch test
>  git checkout test
>  # edit foo.bar
>  git checkout master
>
> I'd expect that master is in the exactly same unchanged state it was at
> branching time, but what a surprise, foo.bar is modified here, too!

You seem to have forgotten the "git commit" step before switching back
to master.  You have a modified file in your repository; what did you
*want* to happen when you switched branches?  (Many people find the
current behaviour very convenient.)

You might also want to look at the "git stash" command.

Avery