How to solve the issue of “Please commit your changes or stash them before you switch branches”?
I was working on a project in a version control system such as git. During the process of switching branches by using the command line interface, I received an error that said “Please commit your changes or stash them before you switch branches”. How can I troubleshoot this particular issue to enjoy proper and seamless enjoyment of switching branches?
In the context of DevOps when you get the issue of “Please commit your changes or stash them before you switch branches”, it can be due to uncommitted changes in the current branch. Here Is the solution given to troubleshoot your issue:-
Checking uncommitted changes by using the command
“ git status’’Decide if you want to make changes or stash changes
For commit changes use the command
“ git add. Git commit -m “Your commit message”.
For stash changes use the command
“ git stash”Switch branches by using the command
“git checkout ”Apply stash changes if you choose to stash in step2 by using the command
“git stash apply”