Re: Git branches - confusing behavior

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> On Sun, May 11, 2008 at 1:58 PM, Dima Kagan <dima.kagan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>>  >> Basically I see that the same file I edited on the 'test_branch'
>>  >> branch appears to be modified on the 'master' branch as well. This
>>  >> behavior is unwanted, of course.
>>  >>
>>  >> Can someone please tell me, what am doing wrong? Or is this git's
>>  >> normal behavior?
>>  >
>>  > This is normal, and wanted, behavior.
>>  >
>>
>>  That's a subjective point of view :) I'm coming from the SVN world and uncommitted changes on one branch don't affect other branches. Is there a way I can achieve this behavior with git?
> 
> There are several ways, actually.
> 
> The one I prefer to use is to commit the modifications. Then, you can
> use git-reset HEAD^ to drop that temporary commit when you come back
> to this branch, or git-commit --amend to modify it.
> 
> Always keep in mind that in git's world, history is not set in stone,
> you can always modify previous commits, reorder them or merge them, as
> long as you have not pushed them to your public repository (in your
> case, the SVN one).

Hi!
Thanks for these little tips.

I understand that git is very powerful, however some things are hard to grasp when switching from SVN. Perhaps I should overview my workflow to see how it can benefit from git, despite these differences.
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