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River Gelbero
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Asked: 2022-05-18T15:27:34+00:00 In:

Please move or remove them before you switch branches – simple way to solve it

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I get an error

error: The following untracked working tree files would be overwritten by checkout:
  source/a/foo.c
  ...... (too many lines)
 Please move or remove them before you can switch branches.
 Aborting

when trying to undefined. How to fix the please move or remove them before you switch branches error? Please give me some advice.

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    The cause: The document are untracked, and git rm --cached is unable to locate them because they are not in the index. That is the cause of the error “Please move or remove them before you switch branches”.

    Solution:  Simply delete them using rm or your file manager. The checkout process should then go normally. It’s worth noting that git status will show you how git perceives the files (tracked, changed, untracked; It will also indicate files that have been ignored if you select an extra option).

    git switch -f master
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  2. git checkout -f master

    -f and --force

    Source: https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-checkout.html

    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.

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