On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 04:37:08PM -0600, Carlos Santana wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I tried following commands to test branching:
>
> git branch test
> git checkout test
1. You are now on branch "test"
> echo "Test branch" >> testfile
> git status
2. This does nothing as far as git is concerned.
"testfile" is still unknown to git.
> git checkout master
3. You are now on branch "master"
> git add .
> git commit
4. You just committed "testfile" to branch "master".
Recall #3. This may be where your confusion began.
> The 'testfile' file shows up in 'master' as well as 'test'. I thought
Nope, it only shows up in master.
try:
git checkout test
It is gone.
> or am I missing something? I was unable to repeat same behavior again,
> so I am confused now. Any clues?
These are great references:
http://book.git-scm.com/3_basic_branching_and_merging.html
http://progit.org/book/ch3-0.html
Have fun,
--
David
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