On Sun, Jan 13, 2008 at 03:31:19PM +0100, Steffen Prohaska wrote: > > On Jan 13, 2008, at 3:21 PM, David J. Neu wrote: > > >I was wondering if someone could explain the following behavior. > > > >1. create and switch to branch off master > >2. edit a file in the branch > >3. checkout master without committing changes in the branch > >4. the changes in the branch are automatically applied in working tree > > in master > > > >I wasn't expecting the changes in the branch to be automatically > >moved to master. Had I committed while in the branch this doesn't > >happen. > > This already is the explanation. You did not commit. Therefore, > the changes are not in the branch but still in your work tree. > They are on neither branch; they are _only_ in your work tree. > If you switch the branch the changes will stay in the work tree. > They always stayed in the same place: your work tree. > > Steffen > Ahh, got it - thanks! - 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
