Re: "Your local changes ... would be overwritten" bug
From: Matthieu Moy <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:51:58
Hannu Koivisto [off-list ref] writes:
The following script can be used to reproduce the problem:
[...] I cannot reproduce on Linux.
I'm running Cygwin git 1.7.5.1 in Windows XP.
Probably a dumb question (from a non-windows-user), but why not use the native Git for windows? What happens if you run "git status" before running the problematic "git checkout"? (I'm asking because "git status" refreshes the stat-cache, so it may change the result) -- Matthieu Moy http://www-verimag.imag.fr/~moy/