If you don't want to do a commit, then do a stash. It puts the current working directory "off to the side". Like a temporary branch. When you want to come back, then you do a git stash pop.
I think I understand how you're working. You likely only do a "commit" when you think something is "finished". I, on the other hand, think of "commit" as "take a checkpoint". And I use the commit comment to tell me where I am and what I'm thinking about. I have a bare repository to which I do a "git push" when I think that something is finished. Well, to the extent that anything that _I_ do is ever finished <grin/>. On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 10:05 AM, maya melnick <maya778...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > thank you all very much for your responses.... this is the first time I'm > back on Usenet in a long time... it had become practically unusable b/c of > the spam, but I see that google got its act together here, and has somehow > managed to deal with the spam...;-) this is good to know... > > yes, I see that I have to commit changes before switching branches in > order for the changes to NOT show up in branch master.... > > to me personally this doesn't matter, I work in my localhost, and just > want the changes to be visible that I want to push at that moment... so I > guess all I have to do is stage & commit, then switch to the branch for the > changes I want to push at that moment, and push... does this make sense? > it's the first time I'm using git for my personal stuff... > > but I imagine in other situations, to have to commit every time before > switching branches is weird... what if you haven't finished work on a > branch and need to switch branches to take care of another problem, but > don't want to commit what you just did because, well, you're not ready to > commit? ;-) > > I mean scenario described here, > http://git-scm.com/book/en/Git-Branching-Basic-Branching-and-Merging > on very first section, near the top of this page... > > (they never said you'd have to commit every time you switch > branches.....;-) > > thank you very much.... > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Git for human beings" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to git-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- As of next week, passwords will be entered in Morse code. Maranatha! <>< John McKown -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Git for human beings" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to git-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
