On Fri, 23 Jan 2026 00:25:24 -0400, Cousin Ricky wrote:

> On 2026-01-22 22:38 (-4), Shay wrote:
>> Cousin Ricky <ric### [at] yahoocom> wrote:
>>> I created a branch, made some changes there, then switched back to the
>>> main branch, and the changes were also in that branch as well.  Why
>>> did the changes apply to both branches?  What am I missing?
>>>
>>> Most baffling is that I got branches to work just 3 weeks ago.  I
>>> don't know what I did differently.
>> 
>> 90% chance you created a branch with `git branch` but then never
>> checked it out.
>> Create a branch with `git checkout -b new-branch` to do both at the
>> same time.
> 
> Nope, that wasn't it.  It still changes both branches at the same time.

I might be mistaken (it's WAY to early in the morning for me to be 
thinking about this), but if the file isn't added to the repo and just 
lives within the directory, then I don't think any changes get tracked, 
and this is the behavior you would probably see.

Make sure you use `git add <filename>` for anything you want change 
tracking enabled.



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besides, the pig likes it." - George Bernard Shaw

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