Error when changing to master branch: my local changes would be overwritten by checkout

Question

This question is similar to this one, but more specific.

I have a project with two branches (staging and beta).

I develop

Answer 1

I encountered the same problem and solved it by

git checkout -f branch

and its specification is rather clear.

-f, --force

When switching branches, proceed even if the index or the working tree differs from HEAD. This is used to throw away local changes.

When checking out paths from the index, do not fail upon unmerged entries; instead, unmerged entries are ignored.