On 14 Sep 2015 18:57, "Konstantin Khomoutov" <flatw...@users.sourceforge.net>
wrote:
>
> On Mon, 14 Sep 2015 09:45:26 -0700 (PDT)
> Najgit <christopher.naj...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > If (locally) in gitbash I
> >  create a new branch e.g. 'dev'
> >    then create a new file: eg touch style.css
> >     then git add, git commit -m "..."
> >
> > and then switch back to master and type ls
> >
> > style.css will be listed there (in the master directory)
> >
> >
> > Is this correct?
>
> No.  Are you sure you have really committed the addition of that file?
>
> Because the only two possibilities for that file to be in the work tree
> when you checkout the "master" branch are:
> * The file is also present in the tip commit of that branch;
> * The file is currently untracked.

The third possibility is that you did this on master:

$ git branch dev
$ git add style.css
$ git commit
$ git checkout master

In which case you actually committed style.css on master. Creating a branch
with git-branch doesn't set it as the current one; you have to explicitly
check it out.

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