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From: Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC] git commit --branch
Date: Mon, 29 May 2006 23:27:04 +0200
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Johannes Schindelin wrote:

> On Mon, 29 May 2006, Martin Waitz wrote:
> 
>> Sometimes it is neccessary to have some local modifications in the tree
>> in order to test it and work with it.
> 
> Doesn't
> 
> $ git-update-index $(git-ls-files --modified)
> $ git-checkout -b tempBranch
> $ git-commit -m "to test"
> 
> work? 

Added to GitFaq page on GitWiki, under

  "How do I save some local modifications?"
  http://git.or.cz/gitwiki/GitFaq#saving-draft

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Jakub Narebski
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