This is not how it works with git, where when I want to change branch
I have to do a git checkout. However, that leaves all the modified and
untracked files in the directory of the branch I switched to. This is
seldom the behavior I want.
With the git stash command I can clean the directory the way I want
but the stash command is not connected to a particular branch.
Is there a way to have git checkout do an automatic stash when doing a
checkout to another branch, and then do an automatic git stash apply
with the correct stash when changing back to the previous branch
again?
You probably don't want to use stash. Just commit whatever partial work
you've done.
It feels strange doing a commit of partial work. Some of the files may
not even be supposed to be checked in.
You could also just checkout different branches in different
directories. Nothing wrong with doing that in git.
Ok thanks, that would give me the same behavior as I have today.
However, I can see some benefits with have everything in the same
directory as git allows compared to other VCSs. And since the stashing
feature is already there in git, it would be nice if the git checkout
with some flag could use stashing automatically.
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