title: GIT: The following untracked working tree files would be overwritten by checkout
body: <p>I have two branches one is called master the other is called dev
  I am currently in the master branch and I want to go to the dev branch to move a file to the development server. however when I perform a </p>
  
  <pre><code>$ git checkout dev
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I get the message:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>The following untracked working tree files would be overwritten by
    checkout:</p>
  
  <pre><code>pages/memclub/images/subheaders/leadership.png
  pages/memclub/images/subheaders/male.png
  pages/memclub/images/subheaders/marketing.png
  pages/memclub/images/subheaders/training.png
  </code></pre>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>I dont want to commit the files to the master, they are not ready to be pushed. </p>