vm-kernel » git-switch-branch http://vm-kernel.org/blog All about emulation and virtualization Sat, 17 Apr 2010 03:51:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 a misunderstanding of git-checkout http://vm-kernel.org/blog/2008/12/12/a-misunderstanding-of-git-checkout/ http://vm-kernel.org/blog/2008/12/12/a-misunderstanding-of-git-checkout/#comments Fri, 12 Dec 2008 07:51:10 +0000 yajin http://vm-kernel.org/blog/2008/12/12/a-misunderstanding-of-git-checkout/ I work in branch master and there are some changes uncommited. Now I have some ideas and want to try it *without* effecting the branch master. I first create a branch test and then checkout to branch test.

kill-bill:/home/root/sdc/qemu/qemu-omap/svn# git branch test



kill-bill:/home/root/sdc/qemu/qemu-omap/svn# git checkout test



Switched to branch "test"



kill-bill:/home/root/sdc/qemu/qemu-omap/svn# git branch



 master



*test

And then I work in branch test and make some changes to source file a.c b.c and etc. At last, I want to return to branch master and abandon the changes in branch test. But the result is not same as what I thought. The files changed in branch test are also changed in branch master!!

Git-checkout DOES NOT save your context and uncommitted changes to somewhere and restore them when you return. If you want git to do so, please use git-switch-branch instead.

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