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JavaScript Transpiling with Standalone Babel CLI

Max Pinomaa
Max Pinomaa
2,647 Points
Posted by Max Pinomaa
Max Pinomaa
2,647 Points

Can't git checkout: "Your local changes to the following files would be overwritten by checkout: .babelrc"

Hi I'm doing the Babel workshop, and I'm trying to "git checkout" to the webpack-lesson, using the command "git checkout webpack-lesson". But I get this:

"error: Your local changes to the following files would be overwritten by checkout: .babelrc Please commit your changes or stash them before you switch branches. Aborting"

I tried to commit the changes but it didn't change anything. And the branch doesn't change. If I do "git branch" I can't even see the webpack-lesson branch. I'm trying to do this in the git branch called "cli-lesson".

Magnus Martin
Magnus Martin
44,123 Points

Hi, try to git stash the changes you made.