Switching branches without touching the working tree?

Question

I am currently on a debug branch, and would like to switch to the master branch, without modifying the working tree (leave it the way it is in the debug branch), so I can co

Answer 1

Here is a raw workflow

 git stash
 git checkout otherbranch
 git stash apply
 git reset
 git add # interactively? just add the hunks/changes you want to commit
 git commit

And to go back

 git reset --hard # watch it here! make sure you haven't added more changes that you wanted to keep
 git checkout debug
 git stash pop

Alternatively, you might just commit the relevant changes 'here' and push / cherry-pick onto the master branch.