From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.2 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6812A1FF32 for ; Tue, 17 Oct 2017 12:24:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752403AbdJQMYK (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Oct 2017 08:24:10 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:49964 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751831AbdJQMYK (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Oct 2017 08:24:10 -0400 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx03.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.13]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 161CC4E916; Tue, 17 Oct 2017 12:24:10 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mx1.redhat.com 161CC4E916 Authentication-Results: ext-mx09.extmail.prod.ext.phx2.redhat.com; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=redhat.com Authentication-Results: ext-mx09.extmail.prod.ext.phx2.redhat.com; spf=fail smtp.mailfrom=fweimer@redhat.com Received: from oldenburg.str.redhat.com (ovpn-117-7.ams2.redhat.com [10.36.117.7]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 82D1060603; Tue, 17 Oct 2017 12:24:09 +0000 (UTC) Subject: Re: Deleting a branch after merging it results in "there may be uncommitted changes" To: Joshua Lamusga , git@vger.kernel.org References: From: Florian Weimer Message-ID: Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2017 14:24:08 +0200 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.3.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.79 on 10.5.11.13 X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.16 (mx1.redhat.com [10.5.110.38]); Tue, 17 Oct 2017 12:24:10 +0000 (UTC) Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On 10/05/2017 05:04 AM, Joshua Lamusga wrote: > Anyway, I follow a very simple merging model for this one-person > project. Recently, I made a new local branch off of develop called > feature-printing. After checking out feature-printing, making my > changes, and committing changes, I merged it with develop. I then > immediately tried to delete feature-printing, which resulted in a > prompt asking if I was sure since it might contain uncommitted > changes. Though I've seen this problem many times on the internet, I > haven't seen it in the context of literally just merging. There are 0 > steps between merging and deleting the old branch. What's the exact warning? It seems unlikely that your Git interface would complain about *uncommitted* changes in this context. > All of this is done in Visual Studio's GUI for Git. Any ideas? Maybe ask on a Visual Studio forum instead, in case this is something generated by the front end? Florian