title: Created a branch from a remote branch for a quick fix, but git status shows my modified files that I had in my previous working branch
body: <p>I was working on a feature (on my local master branch), git status showed me that I have 3 modified files uncommitted. That's ok. Then I noticed a bug on the live site. I wanted to abandon my current work, and create a quick fix for the bug.</p>
  
  <p>I created a branch from the remote repo's master:
  git checkout -b quickfix origin/master</p>
  
  <p>But git status shows that I have 3 modified files. Why is that? I made no update on any files, only created the branch from the remote. </p>
  
  <p>I just want to have a clean branch from remote/master that I can start working on with the quickfix.</p>