On Monday 2007 May 21, Stian Haklev wrote: What does "git --version" say? > ~wiki/> git checkout trying-new-feature > checked out > ~wiki/> git status > no files updated > ~wiki/> git checkout master > checked out > ~wiki/> git status > it then puts me directly into commit mode, with every file having a > ton of differences - because the files are still from > trying-new-feature and the index is pointing at master. Something has gone very wrong here. You are right to be confused, that is not what one would expect from git. After a git-checkout you should expect that the index is clean. Did you get any error messages during any of those operations? Are you sure you aren't doing something like git checkout trying-new-feature -- list of files As that would update the working tree but not the current HEAD, and would therefore appear as changes to master. When you do the final git-status, are the files being listed in the "Changed but not updated" section or the "Changes to be committed" section? Can you make a minimal test case? e.g. mkdir testing-git; cd testing-git git init date > file1 git add file1 git commit -a -m "step1" date >> file1 git commit -a -m "step2" git checkout -b newbranch HEAD^ date >> file1 git commit -a -m "step3" git checkout master git checkout newbranch git status Andy -- Dr Andy Parkins, M Eng (hons), MIET andyparkins@xxxxxxxxx - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
