# Check out fresh repository
[12:37:37] Ruby$ ~/bin/git clone git@github.com:<myrepository>.git test_repos
Initialized empty Git repository in /Users/evan/Development/Ruby/test_repos/.git/
remote: Counting objects: 14819, done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (5457/5457), done.
remote: Total 14819 (delta 8667), reused 14810 (delta 8663)
Receiving objects: 100% (14819/14819), 10.49 MiB | 261 KiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (8667/8667), done.
Checking out files: 100% (2194/2194), done.


[12:38:28] Ruby$ cd test_repos

#show that I'm on the master branch, and available branches
[12:38:34] test_repos$ ~/bin/git branch
* master
[12:38:40] test_repos$ ~/bin/git branch -a
* master
  origin/HEAD
  origin/adv_search
  origin/edge
  origin/master
  origin/new_ui

# create a tracking branch for edge and switch to it
[12:38:41] test_repos$ ~/bin/git branch --track edge origin/edge
Branch edge set up to track remote branch refs/remotes/origin/edge.
[12:39:00] test_repos$ ~/bin/git checkout edge
Checking out files: 100% (2420/2420), done.
Switched to branch "edge"


# switch back to master without doing anything
[12:39:17] test_repos$ ~/bin/git checkout master
Checking out files: 100% (2420/2420), done.
Switched to branch "master"


# now try to switch back to edge... and it won't let me!
# I have not made ANY changes to any files since cloning the repository.
[12:39:31] test_repos$ ~/bin/git checkout edge
error: Entry 'public/stylesheets/default.css' would be overwritten by merge. Cannot merge.



# confirm that the status is clean!
[12:39:34] test_repos$ ~/bin/git status
# On branch master
nothing to commit (working directory clean)
[12:39:50] test_repos$ ~/bin/