git checkout fail " error: The following untracked working tree files would be overwritten by checkout: "
error: The following untracked working tree files would be overwritten by checkout: Remove all untracked files: git clean -d -fx . -x means ignored files are also removed as well as files unknown to git. -d means remove untracked directories in addition to untracked files. -f is required to force it to run. reference: https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-clean.html https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17404316/the-following-untracked-working-tree-files-would-be-overwritten-by-merge-but-i/35067275