They don't "exist" yet, and you need to merge them first.
@ -141,6 +141,8 @@ static int checkout_all(void)
for (i = 0; i < active_nr ; i++) {
struct cache_entry *ce = active_cache[i];
if (ce_stage(ce))
continue;
if (checkout_entry(ce) < 0)
return -1;
}