GIT：从先前提交分支时出现差异

Question

I have a git tree as follows:

a -> b -> c-> d (develop)

Files:
b: f1, f2
c: f2, f2, f3
d: f1, f2, f3, f4

I made a branch out of previous commit (b). I did: git checkout -b test sha_of_b

a -> b -> c-> d (develop)
      \-> e (test)

When I use gitg to view the tree, it properly lists the files in my test branch as f1 , f2 . However, when I do ls in a terminal, I see f1 , f2 , f3 and f4 (I made sure I am checkout on test branch). Why this discrepancy? I was expecting ls to only show f1 , f2 .

I repeated this test in another folder (with simple files actually named as f1 f2 etc). But there I see results as expected.

Answer 1

Have you modified the files? If you have local modifications to the files, then Git won't delete them when switching branches.

What does git status show you?