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Creating & committing folders in a GH Branch in terminal

I need a little clarification on how this works.

I know that, with files, if I'm in a certain branch, say

main

main

, and I create a new file there (say,

myFile.html

myFile.html

). If that file is unique to

main

main

(the filename does not exist in any other branches), then if I fail to commit that newly created unique file, and then switch to another branch (say,

Branch-1

Branch-1

), that Git's 'Uncommitted Changes Carryover' will be triggered, and I'll be allowed to switch to

Branch-1

Branch-1

, but in

Branch-1

Branch-1

, I will see a temporary copy of the uncommitted

myFile.html

myFile.html

inside the

Branch-1

Branch-1

directory.

It's only once I finally commit

myFile.html

myFile.html

to a particular branch, that I will no longer see temporary copies of it ("carried over") into other Branch directories. After committing, it will only be visible in the directory associated with the Branch it was committed to.

That's with files.

I wanted to test whether this behavior also applied when creating folders in Github Branches.

For example, if I'm in

main

main

and I do a

mkdir components-main

mkdir components-main

and then fail to commit it, and immediately switch to

Branch-1

Branch-1

, will I also see a "carried over" temporary copy of the

components-main

components-main

folder inside the

Branch-1

Branch-1

directory? And then likewise, if I go back and commit

components-main

components-main

main

main

, and switch to

Branch-1

Branch-1

again, will I stop seeing that 'carried over'

components-main

components-main

copy in

Branch-1

Branch-1

's directory?

I started to run this experiment I, and here's what happened:

Inside Branch-1, I created a

components_Branch1

components_Branch1

folder and purposely didn't commit it. I then switched to

main

main

and saw that the folder was listed in

main

main

's directory.
I then switched back to

Branch-1

Branch-1

to commit the folder to

Branch-1

Branch-1

, but when I ran

git status

git status

, it told me there was nothing to commit.

What am I not understanding?

KP-C

Kevin Powell - Community•3y ago•

13 replies

thethingisback

Creating & committing folders in a GH Branch in terminal

I need a little clarification on how this works.

I know that, with files, if I'm in a certain branch, say

main

main

, and I create a new file there (say,

myFile.html

myFile.html

). If that file is unique to

main

main

(the filename does not exist in any other branches), then if I fail to commit that newly created unique file, and then switch to another branch (say,

Branch-1

Branch-1

), that Git's 'Uncommitted Changes Carryover' will be triggered, and I'll be allowed to switch to

Branch-1

Branch-1

, but in

Branch-1

Branch-1

, I will see a temporary copy of the uncommitted

myFile.html

myFile.html

inside the

Branch-1

Branch-1

directory.

It's only once I finally commit

myFile.html

myFile.html

main

main

and I do a

mkdir components-main

mkdir components-main

and then fail to commit it, and immediately switch to

Branch-1

Branch-1

, will I also see a "carried over" temporary copy of the

components-main

components-main

folder inside the

Branch-1

Branch-1

directory? And then likewise, if I go back and commit

components-main

components-main

main

main

, and switch to

Branch-1

Branch-1

again, will I stop seeing that 'carried over'

components-main

components-main

copy in

Branch-1

Branch-1

's directory?

I started to run this experiment I, and here's what happened:

Inside Branch-1, I created a

components_Branch1

components_Branch1

folder and purposely didn't commit it. I then switched to

main

main

and saw that the folder was listed in

main

main

's directory.
I then switched back to

Branch-1

Branch-1

to commit the folder to

Branch-1

Branch-1

, but when I ran

git status

git status

, it told me there was nothing to commit.

What am I not understanding?

Creating & committing folders in a GH Branch in terminal

Creating & committing folders in a GH Branch in terminal

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