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Subject: Re: How are the same file modified on different brances stored
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Date: Mon, 03 Mar 2008 01:06:05 -0800
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amishera <amishera2007@gmail.com> writes:

> I am trying to figure out how stuffs work behind the scene. We know that we
> can switch branches freely and then work on the switched branch. If the same
> file is modified on two branches then how are the two copies of the two
> branches saved?

They are saved separately, and depending on which branch you check out, the
appropriate one for that branch is given to you.