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Robert Mews
Robert Mews
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Posted by Robert Mews
Robert Mews
11,540 Points

Git Checkout?

In the previous Git course, I created a file named file3 and did the git add file3 command. I did not commit this file to my Git repository. When I switched branches using the git checkout foo_feature command, this file followed. Could someone explain?

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miikis
miikis
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miikis
miikis
44,957 Points

Hey man, Read the "Description" part of this page. It'll make sense, I swear. Reply if it doesn't.