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When I update a branch in GIT from master I don't get the same files as when I create a new branch?

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When I update my branch from master it pulls down several files, including some sass files. When I compile, however, gulp alerts me that I am missing .scss files.

I tested this by creating a new fresh branch and running gulp sass. This time there were no errors and I saw the missing .scss had been brought in.

Would anyone know why, on update, I am only getting some of the files from master?

posted Feb 23, 2017 by anonymous

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