From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 04:36:10 GMT
Subject: Re: [BUG] git stash refuses to save after "add -N"
Message-ID: <20090831043610.GB16646@coredump.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To: <7v63c5f4vs.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>

On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 01:01:11PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:

> One thing I noticed was that while unstashing without --index, we add full
> contents to the index of new files.  I think it is because back then when
> stash was written there was no other way, but now we have intent-to-add
> and a way to stash such an entry, I think we should add only the intent to
> add them in that codepath.
> 
> Of course we will not do this when unstashing with --index.

And btw, I think your suggestion is reasonable, though I don't feel
strongly either way. I don't know that the current behavior is really
bothering anybody.

-Peff