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Johanne Trippas
7,367 PointsDon't get Git branches displayed in Finder?
Hi All,
When I created a repository with Git on my Mac the files showed up in Finder. Now I have created some branches but the files don't show up. Why is that?
Cheers.
Ricky Catron
13,023 PointsEric can you please move this to an answer instead of a comment so that it can be marked as best answer, you can recieve points, and future students can find their solution easier.
All the best, --Ricky
Eric Amundson
19,530 PointsEric Amundson
19,530 PointsThe files are there, but not stored separately. The git repo contains all of the differences between all branches and files and, when viewing a git repo in Finder, you'll simply see what is currently checked out.
Say you have two branches in a repo, each containing one file: branch one contains file-a.php and branch two only contains file-b.php,
If you were to use git to checkout branch one, then look at your repo in Finder, you'll see file-a.php (not file-b.php), but if you were to checkout branch two, you'll just see file-b.php (not file-a.php) in Finder.
The "missing" file doesn't go away when it isn't checked out, but Git stores it all in a format you can't drill down into with Finder alone.
Does that help?