[git-users] Git branching does nothing
Hi guys, I am experiencing something very weird with my Git installation. My setup is this: Shared Repo on GitHub. * I have cloned this to my local computer into master * Using the command git branch newLogin I have created a new branch from main called newLogin. * Using the command git checkout newLogin I switch to the new branch. * I make some changes on the new branch. I do not commit or add these changes to the staging area. I have both changed existing files and added new files. * Using the command git checkout master I switch back to my master branch. The changes I have made in the branch newLogin are visible in my master branch. Switching branch does nothing. I would have expected to see a master branch that did not have these changes. If I then add these files to the staging area in master and switch back to newLogin, git status will show exactly the same in every branch. What am I doing wrong? Have I completely misunderstood a very basic concept in Git? I don't remember previous versions of Git acting like this. I am using Git on a Windows 7 PC. $ git version git version 1.7.6.msysgit.0 Thanks, JP -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Git for human beings group. To post to this group, send email to git-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to git-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/git-users?hl=en.
Re: [git-users] Git branching does nothing
On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 5:48 PM, JP jetp...@yahoo.com wrote: What am I doing wrong? Have I completely misunderstood a very basic concept in Git? I don't remember previous versions of Git acting like this. As far as I know, they did. You have to commit files in the branch for their changes to be local to the branch. IIRC, git will prevent you from switching branches if you have staged uncommitted changes. To save changes without committing them and switch branches, you can use git stash, but it won't stop you from applying the stash to whatever branch (although it does show what branch they were stashed on). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Git for human beings group. To post to this group, send email to git-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to git-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/git-users?hl=en.
