File changed on one branch changes on both branches

Question

I\'m experimenting with Git on my machine. I cloned some repository and added a new branch my_branch.

In this branch, I edited a row in one source file.

Answer 1

Your change is on no branches. If you edit a file, and don't do 'git add', let alone 'git commit', your change will just sit there unless you do something to get rid of it, like git reset --hard HEAD or git checkout PATH. If you went and made a clone of your repo you'd see that your change was not in it. If you used git log you'd see no sign of it.