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		philwelch on Jan 5, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Upgrading Airbnb from Rails 2.3 to Rails 3.0 Furthermore: > Clone the rails3 branch into a separate directory from the usual working directory (instead of simply switching branches) What does this accomplish?

barrym on Jan 5, 2012 [–]

When I've done similar upgrades, I've often found it quicker to have the previous code available to me in another checked out repo rather than switch branches and have to deal with any possible uncommitted changes issues.

philwelch on Jan 5, 2012 | [–]

You can also use git stash for that.

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