Re: question concerning branches

On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 5:33 PM, Ingo Brueckl[off-list ref] 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