Question

I am currently on (no branch) with uncommitted changes. I would like to check out a different branch and throw away all my changes.

When I do

git checkout <branch_name>

I get:

**error: Your local changes to the following files would be overwritten by checkout:
        avar/libs/video_preprocessing_controller/video_preprocessing_controller.cpp
        bbn/tracker/libs/init_and_cont_tracks/init_and_cont_tracks.cpp
Please, commit your changes or stash them before you can switch branches.
Aborting**

I don’t want to commit nor stash my changes. Do I not have a third option? (ignore them/throw them away)

Answer 1

Use git checkout -f [branch name]

Alternatively, to throw away your local changes first, you can go with

git checkout .
git checkout [branch name]