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coromandel:tmp stephen$ mkdir example
coromandel:tmp stephen$ cd example/
coromandel:example stephen$ git init
Initialized empty Git repository in /private/tmp/example/.git/
coromandel:example stephen$ touch file1
coromandel:example stephen$ git add .
coromandel:example stephen$ git commit -m 'init'
[master (root-commit) eba4ead] init
 0 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 file1
coromandel:example stephen$ git branch playpen
coromandel:example stephen$ git checkout playpen
Switched to branch 'playpen'
coromandel:example stephen$ touch file2
coromandel:example stephen$ git add file2
coromandel:example stephen$ git status
# On branch playpen
# Changes to be committed:
#   (use "git reset HEAD <file>..." to unstage)
#
#	new file:   file2
#
coromandel:example stephen$ git checkout master
A	file2
Switched to branch 'master'
coromandel:example stephen$ ls
file1	file2
coromandel:example stephen$ git status
# On branch master
# Changes to be committed:
#   (use "git reset HEAD <file>..." to unstage)
#
#	new file:   file2
#