Git branch switching does not change code folder files

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I cloned the remote master project folder using git clone git@git.mytest.com:TEST command. from the Git root, I did a

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No it's not part of your master branch, but it's not part of myBranch either. It is untracked, because you never committed the file. Running git status you'll see it listed as untracked. Since it was never staged or committed, Git doesn't (and can't) manage its existence, so it stays there regardless.

Further, modified files remain between branches if they can. Else Git will give you an error when switching branches about a dirty working tree. This is, again, because Git has no internal copy of those changes, they exist only in your filesystem, and not within Git till they are committed.