Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
> On Fri, 23 Jan 2026 00:25:24 -0400, Cousin Ricky wrote:
> > 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.

Yes, this was my first thought - you need to commit your changes to the current
branch or nothing gets tracked. Use 'git add <...>' to stage the changes, 'git
commit' to commit them.

Bill

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