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dredh
dredh

Reputation: 29

Git checkout branch without commit

I built a new file named test.txt in the master branch.
However,when I checkout into the test branch without commit it.
But I can also see it in the test branch

Why?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 814

Answers (2)

gzh
gzh

Reputation: 3616

when you run git status in master branch, it shows test.txt is a "untracked file", that means test.txt is not under management of git, then what do you expect git do for you?

Upvotes: 1

tom
tom

Reputation: 22989

Untracked files are left as they are when switching branches. To make test.txt part of the master branch (so that when you checkout the test branch it disappears), you need to add it using git add test.txt and commit using git commit.

If the untracked files were removed when you switched branches, they would be gone forever because they aren't committed. Git tries pretty hard to prevent that from happening.

Upvotes: 2

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