Re: git branch/checkout problem

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On 9/6/07, Ramagudi Naziir <naziirr@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> hello all!
>
> can you please tell me what am I doing wrong here ?
>
> I am at the master branch.
> git checkout -b newbranch //making a new branch and moving to it
> vi somefile //change some code. not commit yet because it is not finished
> git checkout master //go back to master

No you won't be able to change the branch unless you commit your
changes to your newbranch. So you effectively remain in newbanch only
and thus see the diff.

you can verify this using
$ git-branch
newbranch should have a * in front of it to denote the working branch.

HTH

thanks
> git diff //it seems that all the changes from the newbrach have been
> brought here too ! why is that ?
>
> thank you
> naziir
>
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