Why do I have to stash / commit my changes before switching branches?

Question

I find this to be annoying because I would like to quickly switch branches and do something and then switch back to what I was working on before. I realize I can stash and t

Answer 1

You can avoid it using git stash to stash your changes. Then you can change branch, then restore the branch and getting back your changes:

$ git stash
$ git checkout other_branch
$ git checkout original_branch
$ git stash pop