Error trying to checkout 1.5.x branch

[JaredBusch]

So I updating everything to current on the 1.x.x branch and noticed it was still 1.4.6.

I found this thread stating why it changed, so I wanted to switch to the 1.5.x branch but received this error.

[root@daermabb nodebb]# git branch
  master
  v0.9.x
* v1.x.x
[root@daermabb nodebb]# git checkout v1.5.x
error: Your local changes to the following files would be overwritten by checkout:
	package.json
Please, commit your changes or stash them before you can switch branches.
Aborting

[JaredBusch]

What would have done this?

I just did git reset --hard and moved on, but I did not change any files myself either that should have caused this.

[PitaJ]

@JaredBusch you said you were using npm@5 earlier, right? well npm@5 defaults to the --save behavior, which will modify the package.json.

[Shard]

@JaredBusch said in Error trying to checkout 1.5.x branch:

error: Your local changes to the following files would be overwritten by checkout:
package.json

So I think they covered how it happened up top, but I thought I'd make sure you knew the fix in case it isn't something you've done before.

git stash

This will push the changes "aside" and let you check out/pull/etc.

[JaredBusch]

@PitaJ said in Error trying to checkout 1.5.x branch:

@JaredBusch you said you were using npm@5 earlier, right? well npm@5 defaults to the --save behavior, which will modify the package.json.

Awesome. Thanks for the answer.

[JaredBusch]

@Shard said in Error trying to checkout 1.5.x branch:

@JaredBusch said in Error trying to checkout 1.5.x branch:

error: Your local changes to the following files would be overwritten by checkout:
package.json

So I think they covered how it happened up top, but I thought I'd make sure you knew the fix in case it isn't something you've done before.

git stash

This will push the changes "aside" and let you check out/pull/etc.

Yeah, sorry I was not clear on that. I know how to use git. The post was mostly to have the behavior documented.

[Shard]

@JaredBusch

No worries. Better safe than sorry. L:)

[JaredBusch]

@Shard said in Error trying to checkout 1.5.x branch:

@JaredBusch

No worries. Better safe than sorry. L:)

So true