Subject: Re: Help understanding git checkout behavior

From: Vincent van Ravesteijn <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2012 20:52:32 +0200

Op 11-6-2012 18:52, Cláudio Lourenço schreef:
> We are not sure if this behavior has an explanation of if it is just a bug.
>
> We are hoping that you could clarify us about this operation or
> recommend us some place where we can find some useful information
> about this...

I think it is a bug. The file "something/f1" should be retained when 
switching branches. So, checkout should fail because "something" would 
get overwritten by checkout, but it doesn't.

Vincent